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Congress showed no signs of budging as the shutdown entered its second day, and roughly 750,000 federal employees remain furloughed.

Battered federal workers brace for weeks without pay

Congress showed no signs of budging as the shutdown entered its second day, and roughly 750,000 federal employees remain furloughed.
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Under a negotiated plea agreement, Morris was given a 10-year sentence, but he will only serve six months of that time.

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The attacker who carried out the attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, was fatally shot by police.

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The attacker who carried out the attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, was fatally shot by police.
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