Best Sellers. (67) When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. The family was starving, and they could hardly find money for food, let alone school fees.
The US Senate has one day left to avert a government shutdown, after the GOP-controlled US House voted 230-197 to pass a short-term spending bill. The US Senate has one day left to avert a government shutdown, after the GOP-controlled US House voted 230-197 to pass a short-term spending bill.
President Barack Obama signed a bill Monday that will protect military pay in the case of any government shutdown. The bill passed the Senate unanimously earlier on Monday after passing the House on Sunday morning. The Pay Our Military Act was signed just two hours before a midnight government shutdown. After a government funding bill was vollied between the House and the Senate Monday evening, the House decided not to pass a clean funding bill in time to stave off a shutdown. The new bill will protect pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces when the government shuts down at midnight.