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Senate reaches deal to end government shutdown Clouds are reflected in the U.S. Capitol reflecting pool at daybreak in Washington Jan. 22 as day three of the government shutdown continues. (J. David Ake/AP) WASHINGTON — Senate leaders reached agreement Monday to end the government shutdown and pass a three-week budget extension they hope will give lawmakers time to sort lingering disagreements over immigration and federal fiscal policies. The deal, advanced by the Senate shortly after lunchtime, must still be approved by the House and president. But both are expected to sign on as soon as tonight in order to restart government operations. Non-essential programs began shutting down Saturday morning after the Senate failed to approve a four-week budget extension over Democratic concerns that broader issues were being ignored. The three-day shutdown caused brief furloughs for hundreds of thousands of defense civilian employees, including wo...

#HerToo: Justice Ginsburg Receives Standing Ovation At Sundance Film Festival "I can’t think of any greater honor than to introduce a person I so admire" January 22, 2018 Celebrities brought Oprah onto the stage at the Golden Globes to publicly absolve them of their #MeToo sins. At the Sundance Film Festival, celebrities settled for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Appearing at the festival in support of the "RBG" documentary about her life and times, Justice Ginsburg received a standing ovation as the crowd of Hollywodites welcomed her onto the stage. Speaking with NPR legal reporter Nina Totenberg on the state of current affairs, Ginsburg spoke about the #MeToo movement. “I think it’s about time,” Ginsburg said of the #MeToo movement. “For so long women were silent, thinking there was nothing you could about it. But now the law is on the side of women or men who encounter harassment, and that’s big thing.” On the potential ...

Most parents are familiar with the concept of teaching kids to be financially savvy by giving them a weekly or monthly allowance, and then helping them spend the money wisely. It teaches them to save up for big purchases, motivates them to avoid impulse buys and helps them learn the value of money. But  one mom  from Atlanta, Georgia is taking things a step further. In a post shared on Facebook on January 14, which has since been taken down, Essence Evans wrote that she  charges her 5-year-old daughter rent every week. “ Every week she gets  $7 dollars in allowance ,” Evans wrote in her post. “But I explained to her that in the real world most people spend most of their paycheck on bills with little to spend on themselves. So I make her give me $5 dollars back. $1 for rent $1 for water $1 for electricity $1 for cable and $1 for food. The other $2 she gets to save or do what she wants with.” Talk about preparing a child early on for the ways of the world...

1: ikas Gupta has decided to divide his prize money between Arshi and Jyoti 2: Arshi Khan and Jyoti Kumari also participated in Bigg Boss 11 3: Vikas Gupta became the second runner-up of Bigg Boss 1     TV show producer Vikas     Gupta, also the second runner-up of reality show  Bigg Boss 11 , has decided to divide his prize money of  R s.  6 lakh (which he won during the 'Vikas City' task) between his co-contestants Arshi Khan and Jyoti Kumari. Vikas shared a strong bond with Arshi (celebrity contestant) and Jyoti (a non-celebrity contestant) in the show and always stood by their sides in the house. In a recent interview with  Times Of India ,  Vikas said, "Yes, I will give them  R s.  3 lakh each. Jyoti stood by me like a rock when the whole house was against me. She shouted at each one of them saying, 'No one will say a word to my Vikas  bhai '. I got so much courage from a 20-year-old girl, who belongs to a s...

After 15 weeks of fights, gossip and all the drama the television audience witnessed, the most talked about reality show   Big Boss 11  concluded last night. And while  Shilpa Shinde   and  Hina Khan  were the last contestants racing for the trophy, it was Shilpa who emerged victorious. Talking about her victory, Shilpa told a daily, “It has been a big journey and a great one. It is still unbelievable. After what I have gone through, this is the perfect answer... I think the way I lived inside that house, the way relationships were made there, I had never imagined such changes in my life.” Shilpa also feels that it was her fans support that got her all the way to the winning position. “The audience who voted for me despite me singing such a tone-deaf song, I had complete faith in them. I did not think about defeat for a single moment. I had the confidence.”And while Shilpa was on cloud nine with her victory, the runner-up and Shilpa’s arch...