Etc.

The congressional Republicans don't care about the budget anyway; it's all ideology with them.

They are as fake as Obama calling himself a "Democrat."
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Obituary: Princess Lillian of Sweden, 97, of Alzheimer's disease.

Her love story with Prince Bertil lasted for decades. They were finally able to marry in the 1970s after shacking up for over 30 years.
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The judge should also throw out Bloomberg's education "reforms."
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Good:

At hearings, civil rights groups argued that it was unfair to put poorly trained interns in charge of students with high-needs, especially English-language learners and students with disabilities. Suporters of TFA argued the other side, claiming that the rules were simply bureaucratic hurdles. The “reformers,” in other words, demanded lower standards for those who teach the neediest children.

More:

At a packed Sacramento hearing, nearly 60 speakers passionately and even tearfully testified over whether interns who are not yet fully trained should be teaching the state's 1.4 million English learners. Civil rights organizations, teacher unions, researchers and parents argued that such students have the legal right to fully trained instructors with specialized knowledge on how to teach both language skills and academic content.

They also say the state's 4,400 interns are disproportionately assigned to the state's neediest students — those with insufficient English and learning disabilities — in low-performing schools.

"For us, it's a fundamental issue of equity and a constitutional right to equal educational resources," said Tiffany Mok of the American Civil Liberties Union of California. The daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, Mok teared up as she told the commission her parents always believed she should have the same opportunities as everyone else.

They should be barred, period. There is no shortage of qualified teachers.