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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House may just give outgoing Speaker John Boehner what he's wishing for — a vote on a budget deal Wednesday, before Congressman Paul Ryan takes his place on Thursday. House GOP leaders have just struck a budget deal with the White House in an effort to avert a government shutdown and forestall a debt crisis. Congress must raise the federal borrowing limit by Nov. 3 or risk a first-ever default, while money to pay for government operations runs out Dec. 11 unless Congress acts.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from Monday's earthquake in Pakistan and Afghanistan is now past 300. Officials say at least 237 people died in Pakistan and about 74 in Afghanistan in the 7.5-magnitude quake. In Pakistan, rescue crews are still trying to reach remote mountainous areas. The army is using helicopters to take supplies to victims.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Seismologists say a catastrophe like the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan in 2011 is inevitable in the Pacific Northwest, and could happen any time. Coastal communities from Northern California to British Columbia are working on a number of projects intended to protect lives during a similar disaster. The building the nation's first vertical tsunami refuge. It'll be on the roof of a gym of an elementary school being built in Westport, Washington, and it's designed to withstand a strong earthquake.
TOFINO, British Columbia (AP) — Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a whale watching boat with 27 people on board to capsize off Vancouver Island Sunday afternoon in seemingly calm weather. Five British nationals were killed and an Australian man is still missing. A fisherman who was one of the first rescuers at the scene says a survivor told him a sudden wave capsized the boat. Canada's Transportation Safety Board says investigators will review the weather, wreckage and the boat's maintenance history.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who said he was high on meth when he snatched a 5-year-old girl from her bed has been sentenced to six years to life in prison. The attorney for 49-year-old Troy Morley says he was in a drug-induced paranoia when he crept into the girl's suburban Salt Lake City home last fall, and thought taking the child would somehow protect him. The girl's father followed Morley outside and calmly asked him to give the girl back.
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