Today in History: Historian and journalist, Lerone Bennett, Jr., senior editor of Ebony magazine, was born in 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
The New York Times
Federal Employees Instructed to Return to Work Thursday
Republicans Lose a Lot to Get Little
Political Gridlock Has Cost United States Billions
Editorial: The Republican Surrender
Blow: The Republican Collapse
Sebelius Stands Firm Despite Calls to Resign
De Blasio Lashes Out at Lhota Over a Television Ad
Lhota Explains Role in Crime Data
The Christian Science Monitor
Debt limit debacle: Who won and who lost? (video)
Republicans attack national parks chief over government shutdown closures
Medal of Honor winner: jobless and struggling with horrors of war
The Star Ledger
Campaign criticisms aside, Booker hit the right notes in victory
5 dead in 3 days: Newark homicide surge sparks call for more cops in high-crime areas
Christie leads Buono by 29 points and narrows gender gap in new Q-poll
5 dead in 3 days: Newark homicide surge sparks call for more cops in high-crime areas
The Detroit Free Press
Bernard Kilpatrick faces sentence for tax crime today
Jesse Jackson urges metro Arab Americans to stand up for their rights
Murders on the decline in Detroit, police chief says
Lawsuit claims children suffer sexual, emotional abuse in Michigan prisons
Financial report: Detroit's revenue keeps sliding, but cash flow improves
Resolution to move ahead with Common Core introduced in Senate
Philly.com
School District to rehire 400 employees
Nutter aide moves to a campaign for governor -- his mother's
City starts monthly payment plan for tax delinquents
NJ gives Golden Nugget an Internet gambling permit
School board denies bias accusations
The Chicago Tribune
Documents of historic African-American undervalued, finder says
Illinois lawmakers express disappointment with shutdown wrangling
Emanuel taps City Hall insider as CHA chief
Aldermen call for Burge reparations
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Government shutdown: White House tells federal workers to return on Thursday
Ohio Supreme Court says company car, other job perks should count in child support calculations
University of Akron cuts jobs and budget due to enrollment decline
Oberlin group seeks referendum over controversial law involving guns in parks
The Los Angeles Times
In vetoing gun-control bill, Brown misses the mark
Prisoners' lawyers challenge care for California's condemned
4 L.A. schools defer iPads, citing security, liability issues
The Washington Post
Federal employees should expect to work Thursday
A glum defeat for House conservatives
Spoiler alert: John Boehner lost.
Even with an agreement, the economy is still in peril
Rubin: GOP has to remember who’s responsible
Editorial: Finally, they have a deal
Brown tops two Democratic rivals in early Md. poll
Study: D.C.’s teacher evaluation system affects workforce
D.C. government scores victory in Hill spending deal
Pr. George’s executive urges Redskins to weigh new name
‘No confidence’ vote against Howard trustees committee
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
APS bus drivers protest over pay, mismanagement
Former DeKalb schools chief to plead guilty
Violent gang leader gets life sentence
USA Today
Obama signs budget deal, ending shutdown
Winners and losers? The early line after an epic battle
Rieder: Philly newspaper stars in ugly melodrama
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