Italy rescues 910 boat migrants, nearly 600 saved off Libya

Refugees and migrants wave as they approach the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos on a dinghy during sunriseMILAN/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Italy&;s coast guard said more than 900 migrants were rescued in four separate operations in the Strait of Sicily on Saturday, while Libyan authorities said they had rescued nearly 600 migrants from four boats, one of which sank. A spokesman for Libyan naval forces, Ayoub Qassem, said the bodies of four dead women had been recovered, and some migrants were still missing. Italian emergency services recovered one corpse during their rescue operations.

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First-month Oregon pot sales tax receipts far exceed projections

Displays at Shango Cannabis shop on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales beginning at midnight in Portland, OregonThe first month of taxable commercial sales of recreational marijuana in Oregon generated nearly $3.5 million in tax revenues, far exceeding projections, the state Department of Revenue has reported. Oregon&;s marijuana tax receipts from January also surpassed the first-month tallies from recreational cannabis sales in Colorado and Washington state, the first two states to legalize general commercial distribution of pot for adults. Colorado collected $2.9 million in taxes when recreational sales launched there in January 2014, a sum that included revenue from both recreational and medical cannabis purchases.

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