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Chinese government drafts legislation to ban HIV-positive people from public baths

Photo by Flickr User Kenneth Lu The Chinese government has drafted legislation that prohibits people with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases from entering public bathhouses, posting a fine of 30,000 yuan (or $5,000). UNAIDS reported…

Live: President Obama speaks to federal workers after government reopens

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What we're watching Thursday

Shutdown Aftermath and International Reaction Government agencies reopen today after late-night Congressional action last night to end shutdown through Jan. 15 and raise the debt limit until Feb. 7 Asian and European markets initially experienced gains…

Shutdown ends, fiscal and political challenges remain

Tourists visit the reopened Lincoln memorial Thursday morning. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images The federal government is back in business. Not long after midnight, President Barack Obama signed a short-term funding measure reopening federal agencies that had been…

#emancipated

Park Ranger Richard Trott cuts down the Closed signs outside the Lincoln Memorial.. it's open!! pic.twitter.com/CRf2ukPGlg— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) October 17, 2013…

Federal employees to return to work on Thursday

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House and Senate pass last-minute funding bill to end shutdown, avoid default

WASHINGTON -- Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama…

Congress sends funding bill to President Obama

BREAKING: Congress approves and sends to Obama bill to reopen government, avoid default.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 17, 2013…

Five highlights of the bill to end the shutdown and fund the government

The Senate is voting on the bipartisan bill to end the shutdown and and extend the debt limit right now. If the bill clears the Senate, it will go to the House for a vote. Here are some highlights of…

Senate passes bill to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling

BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government, avoid default; measure heads to House.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 17, 2013 The vote was 81-18 in favor of passage. The bill now moves to the house.