- President Obama to Republicans: "You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election."—Original title was pure click-bait. WaPo
- Obama admits 'there are no winners here' after signing deal to end shutdown—"Government employees return to work after 16 days as president warns Washington against repeat of political brinkmanship."
- Government Gets Back to Business, but Effects of the Shutdown Linger—"Hundreds of thousands of employees streamed back to work on Thursday after President Obama and Congress ended the shutdown, paving the way for another series of budget talks in the weeks ahead." NYT
- Study: Congress's budget battles have cost the economy $700 billion so far—Ever since the Republicans took over the House [NYT] Fiscal irresponsibilty. WaPo
- Harry Reid Says Hiking Defense Spending For Social Security Cuts Is A 'Stupid Trade'
- Why did national parks close? Ask the Republicans.—"The national parks were shuttered for a simple reason: no money = no services."
- McCain: No more shutdowns, 'I guarantee it'
- Anatomy of a shutdown Politico
- Rachel Maddow Sums Up The Shutdown In One Incredible Graphic
- PVP Online: Scary Stuff
- Just how bad was the shutdown for congressional Republicans? This chart covers it. WaPo
- From the Right, Despair, Anger and Disillusion—"For glum and frustrated conservatives, the end of the government shutdown was as much a surrender to reality as to Democratic demands." NYT
- GOP's next civil war: A demented blame game—"Republican leaders are learning smart lessons from the shutdown debacle. The problem: The right sees it differently." Salon
- A Teachable Moment—"Lessons for Republicans from a shutdown to nowhere." NYT
- Business groups stand by Boehner, plot against tea party—"Decades-long ties formed unshakable faith in Boehner, even as the country neared default." WaPo
- The Insufficient Craziness Theory—"Every time Republicans suffer a rejection of the most right-wing items on their agenda, a significant number decide they haven't been sufficiently crazy." NYT
- Thanks to the Shutdown, Republicans Are Losing Ground in Numerous Senate Races
- John McCain Throws Down The Gauntlet Against Ted Cruz
- Pete King calls for a Republican war on Ted Cruz
- GOP sees chance to regain control from tea party WaPo
- Shutdown and the Tea Party: The GOP's radical right wing is still in charge—"The Tea Party remains the GOP's dominant force, unbowed and still deliriously irresponsible."
- Pat Toomey's vote against ending the shutdown was the only one he could cast
- How the Tea Party Will Die
- Chamber Of Commerce On The Tea Party: We Need Candidates 'Who Understand The Free Market And Not Silliness'
- Alan Grayson: 'The Tea Party Is No More Popular Than The Klan'—I'm glad this guy is back.
- Sarah Palin Is Not Running in 2016, She Is Obviously Just Promoting Another Stupid Book
- The Far-Right Christian Movement Driving the Debt Default—Send 'em the bill.
- Ted Cruz Needed a Lesson on the Rules of the Senate—And now he acting like a baby by blocking the confirmation of the new FCC chairman.
- Reid: Cruz 'Can't Talk Down To Anyone Anymore'
- Nothing Ted Cruz Said About the ACA Today Is True
- Obamacare Is Winning in Kentucky, Thanks to Steve Beshear—"Kentucky, a bastion of anti-government ire, is the top state for Obamacare enrollment."
- Obamacare just cut Oregon's uninsured rate by 10 percent WaPo
- GOP’s nightmare come true: Obamacare more popular than ever—"A new poll reveals just how spectacularly the shutdown has backfired on the Republican Party." Salon
- The Myth of the Medical-Device Tax—"What's actually raising health care costs is a predatory industry." NYT
- Harry Reid On Vitter And His Obamacare Amendment: 'He Just Is Not Playing With A Full Deck'
- Doctor recorded comparing Obamacare to slavery now denies he did—He's "blaming liberals for deliberately distorting his words."
- As Obamacare tech woes mounted, contractor payments soared
- US needs true universal health care, not Affordable Care Act—"The commodification of people's health is wrong. The ACA perpetuates the commodification of health."
- Why the Tea Party Loves Medicare but Hates Obamacare—"How the GOP and the Koch brothers took advantage of the Tea Party's confused populism."
- Idaho tea party candidate Collett skewered for having 10 children on Medicaid
- Marathon win a surprise—"[T]he Belle River runner planned to run the half marathon and not the full 26.2-mile race. But a wrong turn sent her onto the marathon course."
- 'Two-Buck Chuck' Snags Top Wine Prize—"[A] $1.99 bottle of California Wine, the 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz, beat out 2,300 wines to win a prestigious double gold medal."
- Roger Federer Wimbledon triumph wins Oxfam £100,000
- 17,841-1 bet nets 178,000
- Beer microbrewer big winner
- The Man Who Broke Atlantic City
- Casino nixes $57 million slot payout; jilted Swiss to sue
- Man says he won $25,000; casino says no such luck
- Slot machines are designed to trick you—"New research reveals their music and sound effects help convey the illusion that you're winning." Salon
- Ohio bans those dangerous dens of iniquity, Internet cafes—"Cafes said they offered online 'sweepstakes' but were hounded by prosecutors."
- Oregon bartender gets $17,500 tip
- Canada woman in C$40,000 lottery prize actually won C$40m
- Pedro Quezada, Powerball Winner, Will Pay Neighbors' Rent With Jackpot: Report
- Six years later, NY brothers claim $5 million lottery ticket—"Winner says he waited because he didn't want the jackpot to 'negatively influence' his life."
- Best Buy employee gets dumped by lover, wins $30.5M—How soon will it take for him to get a new lover?
- Who Needs Giacomo? Bet on the Fortune Cookie—"Suspecting fraud, Powerball lottery officials discovered that the 110 players who were winners in the March 30 drawing had gotten their numbers from fortune cookies." NYT
- Lost Spanish lotto ticket handed in to clear conscience—"A man who found a multi million-euro winning lottery ticket in La Coruna, Spain said he would not have been able to sleep if he had claimed the prize."
- Terminally ill "Simpsons" co-creator to leave entire fortune to charity Salon
- Warren Buffett's Generosity Grows With Berkshire's Stock Price
- Trinity students blag way around globe for 'jailbreak' charity stunt
- AL native's fundraiser for homeless good Samaritan in Boston hits $72K—"A homeless man living in Boston had no idea he would become the talk of a nation after he summoned a nearby police officer to hand over a backpack he'd found with more than $40,000 in cash and travelers checks inside."
- Hitting It Big…Then Giving It All Away—"The great American industrialists waited until their later years to bequeath their fortunes to the public. Today's billionaires aren't postponing their philanthropy until retirement."
- Dairy Queen Worker's Good Deed Makes Him an Internet Sensation—Even just $20 makes a huge difference.
- Homeless man who returned $42,000 now has a home
- Anthony Graves Establishes Scholarship—"Graves used funds he received from the state for his wrongful conviction to set up a law school scholarship in the name of Nicole Cásarez, the Houston attorney and journalism professor who fought for eight years to secure his freedom."
