10. Both Republicans and Democrats from the House of Representatives spoke with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling on Thursday morning. CNN reports a House Republican described the talks as “good.”
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/politics/shutdown-showdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
9. According to MSN, Facebook is removing a privacy setting that prevents some users from being found when people type their names in the “search.”
http://news.msn.com/science-technology/facebook-no-longer-lets-users-hide-from-search
8. President Barack Obama signed a bill for the government to pay military death benefits during the shutdown, according to CBS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57607017/obama-signs-bill-to-pay-military-death-benefits/
7. Entrepreneurship in Americans ages 55-64 has grown to 23.4 percent in the past year, according to MSN. Entrepreneurship in younger Americans has declined.
http://news.msn.com/us/baby-boomers-fueling-wave-of-entrepreneurship
6. According to ABC, 20 thousand barrels of crude oil spilled from a North Dakota pipeline.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pipeline-breaks-spews-20600-barrels-oil-20532593
5. Ohio kidnapper Ariel Castro may have died from autoerotic asphyxiation, not suicide, according to CBS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57606900/ariel-castro-may-have-died-from-auto-erotic-asphyxiation-not-suicide-state-says/
4. According to Fox Business, the job market is the best it’s been since the recession.
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2735036556001/jobs-market-the-best-since-recession/?intcmp=obnetwork
3. Healthcare.gov, the website on which Americans can sign up for insurance guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act, has suffered some glitches, according to CBS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57606633/obamacare-website-looks-like-nobody-tested-it-programmer-says/
2. According to ABC News, astronaut Scott Carpenter died Thursday at the age of 88.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scott-carpenter-nasas-astronauts-dies-88/story?id=20534795
1. Fox News reports ex-mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/10/ex-detroit-mayor-sentenced-to-28-years-in-prison-for-corruption/?intcmp=latestnews
