Up all night for Van Gogh: The National Gallery stays open for 24 hours
The Van Gogh exhibit there is in its final weekend at the National Gallery in London. It's staying open 24 hours to give everyone a chance to come see it. So far, almost 280,000 visitors have come.
Scott Carpenter, Second US Astronaut To Orbit Earth, Dies
Astronaut Scott Carpenter, one of NASA's original seven astronauts, has died at the age of 88. Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth.
GOP Shutdown Strategy Gives House A Twilight Zone Feel
Amid the shutdown, House Republicans have adopted a piecemeal strategy, voting to reopen small parts of the government. That's put politicians in surprising positions — with Democrats voting against their favorite programs and Republicans cheering for fully funding programs they usually argue need a trim.
A Coming Of Age Story For The (Ice) Ages
The novel Shaman, by science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson is a coming of age novel set in the ice age. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says it is the latest to take up the question of what it was like to live 30,000 years ago on the cusp of change from Neanderthal to Cro-Magnon dominance of the human world.
In A Debt Crisis, U.S. May Have To Decide Payment Priorities
If Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. Treasury will be unable to pay creditors and the U.S. will be in default. Some argue Treasury could continue making "priority payments" designed to protect the nation's credit rating. Others say that could undermine the confidence in the U.S. to meet its obligations.
