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our josh levs is here with a look at what the laws are like in your state. >> yeah.we were talking earlier, florida has a task force that's going to look into their stand your ground law and try to decide what should be done about it. give a recommendation. this case created debate across the whole country and all sorts of states. people in various states are looking at their state laws now and saying, do we have that law? do we need to change our laws? what should they say? no matter what ends up happening with that law, even if it's determined whether or not. applies to the trayvon martin case. so what we have from folks at hlntv.com, a breakdown, every state and what the stand your ground laws are and what the other laws are. we have here first of all, 18 states in which folks determined you can reasonably say have stand your ground laws. i won't read every state but tell you about the ones that have these stand your ground laws. alabama, arizona, colorado, florida, georgia, indiana, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, mississippi, montana, nevada, new hampshire, oklah

cnn's josh levs is here. >> today is a good day is to remember that it is important for every one if're not in a place to get stornds, to have an emergency plan in place. and the government talks about this and there's a great site that talks you through some of the key steps it's called ready.gov. i want to give you all some basics. i want you to know a few of the things, go into an emergency supply kit, have this ready no matter where you live. one of them is water you want to have in this kit. at lease three gallons per person. it's a gallon of water per person per ba at least three days. and three days' worth of nonperishable food. and also that battery powered radio. a flashlight with extra batteries. a first aid kit with all the basics. and you also want to have, a lot of people forget about this one, a whistle in case you need to signal for help. that's just half the list. there's also something else that might surprise you. take i look at the pictures. this is something the government has put out there as they're trying to help people get safe now. why would you be looking at

i'm on facebook and twitter at josh levs.e have a lot of specifics there for you, so this is a great time for the families watching the news about the tornado to say, hey, have you done this for your family? if not, do so now. >> important to have a plan. thanks so much. >>> all right, it's a great superstar athlete. magic johnson making news on broadway with the new play about his friendship with larry bird. and with his $2 billion deal to buy a baseball team. npr sports reporter mike tuska has seen the play. he'll join me after the break with his reviews. eal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in eng

josh levs has a left of frequently overlooked deductions.s at the top of that list. >> i always want to point these out. because obviously you have to pay your taxes but you shouldn't be paying more than you absolutely have to. every year it's interesting to, there's a really helpful list of some of the most overlooked deductions in america. the first one is higher education. i can't even count the number of times i've talked to you all on the air about this economy more and more people have decided to go back and get degrees. a lot of people miss that there are potential deductions that could come with tuition at all sorts of schools. the next one a lot of teachers are having to buy school supplies for their classrooms. well, 250 dls of that, even if you don't itemize, can be tax ductable, especially if you're an educator. natural disaster losses, this one strikes me, often when you're dealing with the losses that have come from a natural disaster, taxes are the last thing you think about. this time of year, if you sofrd from one in 2011, m