- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expelled top US diplomats from the country, claiming that by meeting with opposition groups they are part of a conspiracy against the Maduro government.
- Japanese officials say radioactive water being pumped from the Fukushima Diichi nuclear disaster leaked into the surrounding soil, causing further contamination around the plant site.
- Bond ratings agency Standard & Poor's says for now, a debt ceiling fight is unlikely to do further damage to America's sovereign debt rating unless an October 17th default deadline passes with no action.
- The continued shutdown may cut as much as tenth of a percent from US GDP growth per week according to economist's estimates.
- The FCC is fining five wireless providers nearly $15 billion over allegedly obtaining tens of billions in duplicate payments from the government's Lifeline cell phone program for America's poor.
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
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