- Police are still trying to determine why 34-year old Miriam Carey rammed a White House barricade with her vehicle and led Capitol Police and Secret Service on a chase where eventually she was shot and killed.
- Art experts say a portrait of an Italian noblewoman kept in a Swiss vault for centuries may in fact be a rumored Leonardo da Vinci work of art thought either lost or never to have been finished.
- The National Association of Manufacturers says the country has a shortage of workers trained to operate modern industrial machinery, and with the current workforce retiring, the problem is getting worse.
- President Obama has now completely canceled his trip to Asia to meet with other world leaders in Bali, Indonesia next week as no progress has been made in ending the government shutdown.
- Twitter's stock offering is official as the social media company filed for a $1 billion IPO for trading starting in November.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
Latest news flash says woman trying to ram capitol barricade was suffering from post-partum depression. As bad as that condition can be, that would explain much. A true tragedy.
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