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  • The morning sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, as the government teeters on the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight unless Congress can reach an agreement on funding.
  • President Barack Obama has signed a measure averting default on the national debt and ending a partial government shutdown.
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  • A vote in the House on a new Republican plan to reopen the government and avert a financial default has now been postponed.
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  • The Capitol is seen as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013
  • The Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a first-ever U.S. Treasury default.
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  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over spending in their struggle to end a partial government shutdown.
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  • San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant reopened Saturday despite the federal government shutdown.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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  • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. participates in an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, to mark the start of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
  • Nine women including House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi have been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in New York.
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  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013
  • Mitch McConnell says GOP lawmakers are working on trying to come up with a solution to end the partial government shutdown.
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  • President Barack Obama applauds as he announces his nominee for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, currently vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
  • Pres. Obama and Republican leaders reached no specific determination on how to end the partial government shutdown.
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  • The Obama administration says a charity will pick up the costs of suspended death benefits payments for the families of fallen troops.
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  • Government shutdown protester at the Cliff House in San Francisco
  • The federal government shutdown continues to affect all sorts of services in the Bay Area, leaving a lot of people disappointed.
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  • Janet Yellen
  • President Obama says that in Janet Yellen he's found a tough and proven leader to take over as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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  • In this Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 file picture, anti-abortion and pro-choice activists stand next to each other in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington during a rally on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
  • A new CA bill will allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform a type of early abortion.
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  • President Obama says he's fighting the budget battle because "we can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy."
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  • President Barack Obama walks back toward the Oval Office after he speaking about the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.
  • Senate Democrats intend to introduce legislation by mid-week to raise the nation's debt limit without the unrelated conditions.
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  • Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber as lawmakers vote to pay federal workers who have been furloughed during the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington
  • House Speaker Boehner says he doesn't know when the shutdown will end and says it's up to Pres. Obama to start negotiations.
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  • Government shutdown sign
  • The House has passed a bill to give 800,000 furloughed federal workers retroactive pay once the government reopens.
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  • President Obama and John Boehner
  • Both sides are making it clear Friday that they take the partial shutdown of the federal government seriously.
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  • President Barack Obama says House Speaker John Boehner is the only thing standing in the way of reopening the federal government.
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  • revenge porn
  • Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law that makes it illegal for people to post naked pictures of their exes after bitter breakups.
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