- With New York State lawmakers voting to pick up the tab to keep it open, the Statue of Liberty is back in business for now as the partial government shutdown heads into week three.
- A stampede by 20,000 on a bridge outside a Hindu temple in India has turned tragic as more than 90 people are confirmed dead, with dozens leaping into the water below.
- As shutdown and debt ceiling talks now move to the Senate, Republicans say demands by Democrats to increase spending above sequestration levels are unacceptable.
- Prices for country manors outside London are reaching record levels as the British elite seek "Downton Abbey" style.
- Government IT workers aren't sure exactly how long it will take to iron out glitches in the federal health care exchange web sites.
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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