Federal workers are back on the job today. (NBC)
Meet the House budget conferees and their Senate counterparts. (The Hill)
We will hear from President Obama on the end of the shutdown later this morning. (TPM)
Even though the government is back open, Antarctic research may not recover. (Un iversity Daily Kansan)
Democrat Cory Booker wins the open N.J. Senate seat. (Star-Ledger)








