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\"coffeeandsnacktime20131004\"<\/a>In shutdown<\/a> news: still no immediate relief on the horizon.<\/p>\n

Adding to the tension on Capitol Hill<\/a>, a woman identified as 34-year-old Miriam Carey drove with her one-year-old child through a security checkpoint yesterday. Although she was unarmed, she was shot and killed outside of the Hart Senate Office Building. The child was physically unharmed.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to relax its rules<\/a> against the use of electronics during flights. The FAA intends \u2013 when the partial government shutdown ends, whenever that may be \u2013 to hold a race among airline carriers, challenging them to demonstrate that iPods and laptops won\u2019t cause trouble.<\/p>\n

UN inspectors working to eliminate Syria\u2019s stockpile of chemical weapons report that they have made some progress<\/a>: Syrian authorities appear to be cooperating. The team\u2019s main goal right now is to undercut the country\u2019s capacity to manufacture chemical weapons by November 1st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

An historic legal case has been resolved<\/a> after decades in the courts. Starting this week, over $1 billion is being distributed to thousands of black farmers who faced discrimination by the USDA.<\/p>\n

In regional news, 350 New York National Guard soldiers are leaving today<\/a> to train in Fort Hood, TX. After their training, they\u2019ll be deployed to Kuwait.<\/p>\n

257 children in a Jefferson County Head Start program could face \u201can educational furlough<\/a>\u201d if Congress fails to end the federal shutdown before October 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

New York State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. urged school districts not to opt out of the new Common Core<\/a> program.<\/p>\n

And here are the stories we\u2019re working on for Monday morning, on The Eight O\u2019clock Hour:<\/p>\n

The Great Lakes are getting warmer, and there are other changes too. In a brand new series, Michigan Radio\u2019s Environment Report will look at how these changes affect the fish in the lakes, and the people who depend on them.<\/p>\n

Brian Mann has the latest update in our Prison Time Media Project series.\u00a0 He reports from Cheateaugay in northern Franklin County, where the community is holding a rally this weekend to try to save their state prison.\u00a0 It’s slated to close next year, costing the rural town more than 120 jobs.<\/p>\n

Whooping cough is on the rise again in many parts of the U.S., including New York.<\/p>\n

Martha Foley and Amy Ivy check in for their weekly gardening chat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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