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it's Thursday October 17 2013 I'm Casey Newton musical love child of Josh ha me and that guy from Lady Antebellum this is 90 seconds on the verge the shutdown has been shut down for now Congress has passed a bill that will raise the federal debt ceiling and reopen the government after being closed for 16 days as part of the bill the US budget will be extended to january fourteenth and the debt limit will be suspended until febuary seven overall a hundred and sixty two out of five hundred and thirty-two elected officials all Republicans voted against reopening government including fan favorites like Senator Rand Paul and Ted Cruz Windows 8.1 is finally here the free update includes a number of improvements such as smart SkyDrive sinking and the return of the classic start button improved built-in apps as well as the ability to organize them in snapped views make this a great improvement from Windows 8 well the previous version introduced a touch centric view of Microsoft's future 8.1 takes a much needed step back and makes the platform friendlier to go tablet and PCs alike final verdict windows 8.1 and finally for the first time since it premiered in 1997 South Park did not air as scheduled creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were unable to complete last night's episode in time for air due to a power outage at south park studios regarding their history of working right up until the deadline Parker said quote after all these years of tempting fate by delivering the show last minute I guess it was bound to happen that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow we debunk the myth that when you pickle a pickle it becomes if you come forget about the myth we got to get butter stat oh god