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Congressional leaders will be heading to the white house this afternoon. Theyre meeting with president obama about keeping the government funded. The current budget year runs out at the end of this mop. The Government Faces a shutdown if they cant agree on a spending bill. Senate negotiators have been working on a threemonth extension of current spending levels. The white house meeting is scheduled for 4 00 eastern and well bring you any reaction that follows. Congress returns this afternoon for...

Honored guests, we are gathered to celebrate the achievements of some 350 men and women from 14 nations that served in the fine arts and a archives session. We now know the Monuments Men. Only six are still living. Two were una able to travel. 175 family members of Monuments Men since passed are with us. As early as 1942, george 120u9, the leader of the Monuments Men in europe and established their operation in post war japan argued for preservation officers during war to safeguard these things ...

George washington in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to senate bill 309 we will present a gold medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol whose valor and dedication saved countless lives during world war ii. The Civil Air Patrol was organized some six days before the bombing of pearl harbor. Its members flew more than 24 million miles on coastal patrol. They summoned help for ships and survivors in distress, they spotted enemy submarines, dropped bombs, depth charges and some 64 americans died duri...

Fans of easy life vow to keep their tattoos despite legal action against the band by easyGroup.

From the blog of Meyer Harroch at The Times of Israel

Insider's reporter traveled from NYC to Ontario and Québec, Canada, by train and bus. Her packing list included quick-dry clothes and laundry sheets.

Half of all the homes in Massachusetts were built before 1962, and nearly a third predate World War II. | realestate.boston.com

Forter added $300M, tripled value. Watch Out For This: The average American is active less than 20 minutes a day. That’s according to Greg Caplan, who founded Spot this year alongside Hans Petter Eikemo as a platform to foster productive meetings on the go. “I think the challenge is that so much of our lives are now digital, and we’re spending so much time sitting inactive,” Caplan told Benzinga in a discussion on making people happier and more productive through physical activity. “...

Spot Meetings, a mobile and browser-based platform for voice conference calls, formally announced $5 million in seed funding led by Ilya Fushman at Kleiner ...

Trees, those deciduous entities you can occasionally see outdoors when not locked down or strapped down at a desktop ruminating on a video call, have long been the inspiration for fresh new ideas. Stories abound of how founders built companies while walking the foothills in Silicon Valley or around parks in San Francisco, and yet, […]