• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. AVOIDING THE BUDGET ABYSS
• One lawmaker predicts that his fellow Republicans in the House will in the end avert a government shutdown by abandoning the effort to defund Obamacare.
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• 2. CLINTON, GINGRICH BATTLE LED TO LONGEST SHUTDOWN
• When the strong-willed pols faced off about two decades ago over Medicare and other issues, the government halted twice, and one shutdown lasted 21 days.
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• 3. HOW SYRIA INSPECTORS AIM TO GET THE JOB DONE
• To make sure the regime scraps its chemical weapons, the teams say they may need to blow up missiles, smash empty shells and demolish machinery.
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• 4. ISRAEL: BEWARE NEW IRAN LEADER'S 'SMILEY CAMPAIGN'
• "I will tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk" about Iran's nuclear activities, Netanyahu says in advance of his meeting with Obama.
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• 5. WHAT PLEDGE OBAMA MIGHT LIKE TO TAKE BACK
• His promise that anyone who likes their current health plan can keep it under Obamacare has turned out to be an empty one.
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• 6. ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR BOOMING COMMERCIAL SPACE BUSINESS
• A second U.S. private company proves that it is capable of delivering goods via an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station.
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• 7. WHY AL-SHABAB SPARED MUSLIMS IN KENYA ATTACK
• Papers believed to belong to the al-Qaida affiliate indicate it understands that indiscriminate attacks alienate other Muslims.
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• 8. RUNAWAY SPENDING IN NYC JAILS
• Experts are trying to figure out how the city spent $167,731 per inmate last year -- nearly as much as it costs for four years of tuition at an Ivy League university.

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