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In his new book, British journalist Ioan Grillo takes a close look at the Mexican drug war, starting with el narco, or the network of drug smugglers who cast a murderous shadow over Mexico.

The Obama administration's new approach treats the threat as a public safety issue, like drugs or gangs. It aims to enlist local officials for help in spotting potentially violent extremists.

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As photos of officer Darren Wilson spread on social media, so did skepticism about his testimony.

In Washington state, a law designed to help contractors by setting an hourly wage for in-state projects is actually hurting Precision Iron Works, the company's president says. Steve Leighton says contractors like him can lose out on projects because out-of-state companies — which don't pay the rates — can outbid them.

Some companies have no traditional office at all — and they like it that way. At one multimillion-dollar company, all 40 employees telecommute. The firm weeds out job applicants who look down on working from home.

Pink slips are one consequence of the recession that Al and Michelle Ford are all too familiar with. They both lost their jobs at the company they worked at together, and went through more layoffs a few years later. That can be a dark spot on a resume, which hiring managers are seeing more often.

California health officials left it up to county officers to decide how to monitor people returning from Ebola-stricken areas. So far there are no reported or confirmed cases of Ebola in California, but 19 people are being monitored in the state.

Over the weekend, radioactive iodine and cesium emitted by the crippled facility turned up in milk, spinach and other greens, canola seeds, fava beans and drinking water.That poses a new problem: How to inform the public about the multiplying and scary-sounding test results without unduly scaring them.

Californians rejected legalizing marijuana yesterday, as Proposition 19 was easily defeated at the polls.