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 President Obama is touring drought-stricken parts of California this evening. He’s also announcing a 160-million-dollar aid package for farmers. The financial assistance includes 100 million dollars in livestock 1 disaster aid and another 60 million dollars to bolster 2 food banks. Farmers are welcoming the aid, but say much more needs to be done to address the state’s ongoing 3 water problems. President is also saying he’ll ask Congress to fund a one-billion-dollar program aiming to address issues of climate change. The plan to be included in the budget he’ll send to Congress next month will pay for the new technologies to help communities deal with the wider effects of the climate change.

 
Federal regulators issued guidance today to banks for working with legal marijuana businesses. As member station KPLU Gabriel Spirizer reports, the change could give those businesses access to banking 4 services for the first time. 
Up to now, banks would be breaking the law by doing businesses with marijuana growers, processors and sellers. And technically 5 they still are, but the new US treasury’s guidelines tell banks how to work with these businesses without getting in trouble. Congressman 6 Denny hack 7, represents the district in Western Washington State, one of the two states to legalize the recreation of marijuana. He’s been a local advocate for reforming the bank regulations. 
“This is a giant step forward in the effort by Washington state to stand up a well regulated marijuana market”. 
Without access to banks, marijuana businesses generally have to deal entirely 8 in cash. Access that scenario 9 invites problems like tax evasion 10 and organized crime. Some 20 states have legalized marijuana in some form. For NPR news, I’m Gabriel Spirizer in Seattle.
 
A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit 11 for faulting alleged 12 patient dumping case. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports the case involves the patient had Las Vegas psychiatric Hospital who was given a one-way ticket to Sacramento, California. 
James Flavey Coy Brown was a patient to Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital. Officials there just charged him with enough psychiatric medication and smacks 13 to left through the multi-day bus ride. They told him to call 911 when he reached Sacramento. US district judge James Mahan called Brown claimed for civil rights violation 14 nonsensical. He said Brown had not been compelled to board the bus, or not threatened with punishment if he refused. Nevada officials say they pleased with ruling; from attorney say they will file a new complaint. In an investigation 15 by the Sacramento be found around 1,500 just charged Rawson Neal patients had stories similar to Browns. The hospital has lost its accreditation 16. Ina Jaffe, NPR News. 
 
Production in factories across the US dropped in January down 0.8%, the slow down reverse 5-month production increases. The Federal Reserve says snow storm reduced the number of new cars manufacture by more than 5%. 
 
on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 126 today, ending at 16,154; The NASDAQ gained 3 points to close at 4244 and The S&P rose 8 points to close at 1838. 
 
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The NFL says 3 members of Miami Dolphins bullied 17 the defensive 18 tackle Jonathan Martin. The findings are parts of a report ordered after Martin left the team last October, alleging 19 that he had been objective of vicious toughs and insults. His agent says Martin felt vindicated 20 by today's report. The report says Richie Incognito 21 and 2 other players engaged in the bullying 22. 3 reports go on to say another player and an assistant trainer were also targeted for abuse. 
 
A former Libyan military commander who participated in Libya's 2011 civil war appeared to a tried and failed to prompt a coup 23. NPR's Leila Fadel reports the video he put on line is being neglected through vision and left. 
Khalifa Haftar said in a video that Libya’s parliament and government were no longer in power as reports leaked that Tripoli’s government buildings have been taken by his men. But on the ground there was no troop movement and the nation’s prime minister Ali Zeidan called the video laughable as he dismissed the Haftar’s claims. The defense 24 minister says the government had an issue to rescue warns Harftar and others for plans to overthrow 25 the state. Haftar’s announcement highlights the deep divisions and chaos 26 in Libya where the state is weak, has no centralized arm forces and security provided by patriots 27 and militias 28. Some allies with Zeidan’s government and others are alive with the opponents in Libya’s parliament. Meanwhile, the economy is suffering and the security vacuum is widening. Leila Fadel, NPR News. 
 
In Oregon, 2 math-majors in re-college apparently 29 never calculated just how much damage a massive runaway 30 snowball could do. It pushed in a part of bedroom wall in a dorm. The 2 reported incidents that have not disciplined while college officials estimated the snowball weights about 800 pounds.