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Restrictions on medical marijuana collectives are before the San Diego City Council today - and the matter could end up before voters. Advocates gathered enough signatures to qualify for a referendum. The city council takes up the issue at a meeting today.

A San Diego County supervisor is joining the effort against a controversial fire-protection fee.

Strict rules limiting where medical marijuana shops can operate can be overturned or sent to the voters next spring. The city council Monday addresses the issue Monday.

On Monday, President Obama addresses the National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic advocacy group in the country. It's part of the president's intense push to reach out for the Latino vote.

The concern is that a Friday night breakdown in talks between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on raising the debt ceiling may have negative repercussions when trading gets under way in Asia. Meetings continued Saturday, but Obama reiterated his opposition to a short-term extension.

Biologist Scott Hatch says the seabirds on an island in Alaska's Prince William Sound show a surprising amount of flexibility in how they respond to the changing environment. Well-fed kittiwakes produced more offspring, while those that didn't breed lived longer.

Survivors of the shooting spree on Utoya island in Norway have described hiding and fleeing into the water to escape the gunman, but a police briefing Saturday detailed for the first time how long the terror lasted — and how long victims waited for help.

Critics feared his politics and tabloid style would ruin the prestigious paper. The Journal has not been directly linked to the British phone hacking scandal, but commentators question how it has fared under News Corp. ownership.

House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Obama on a deal to make major cuts in federal spending and avert a threatened government default, sending already uncertain compromise efforts into instant crisis. Obama asked congressional leaders to meet with him in fresh negotiations on raising the nation's debt limit.

For President Obama, the move makes good on a promise from his 2008 campaign to dismantle the Clinton-era policy.