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The House today took up legislation to avoid a third shutdown of the federal government. Temporary funding runs out at midnight tomorrow. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Republican efforts to include measures to satisfy their conservative members brought warnings from Democrats that this bill could force thousands of federal workers to be furloughed.

NPR's Philip Davis has more on the snow story, reporting on the storm's impact on various localities on the East coast.

A conversation with a good samaritan in Philadelphia. Linda Wertheimer talks to Gina Licciardello (Litch-are-del-oh), who cooked pasta for a bus full of people - stranded by the snow for 17 hours - outside her South Philadelphia home.

We hear from young people around the country who were schoolchildren when the Challenger exploded. They describe how the disaster changed their views of NASA and the government, and how the deaths of Christa McAuliffe and the other astronauts shocked them into realizing that life was easily lost.

developments in the Zapatista rebellion. The Mexican government will meet with the Mayan Indian rebels today to discuss the rebels' demands of greater autonomy for millions of indigenous people in Mexico.

Linda Gradstein reports on Israeli reaction to King Hussein of Jordon's first official visit to Israel. As Israel and Syria negotiate a peace treaty, the King's visit sends the signal that Jordan supports warm relations between the Arab states and Israel.

Commentator Elissa Ely's dog always makes friends when they go for walks -- so many so that Elissa thinks he needs his own Rolodex.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from New York on the storms impact throughout the region.

Satirist Harry Shearer suggests that the GOP plan to eliminate Federal jobs could be helped by an effort to find private support for individual workers. He has Newt Gingrich pitching for folks to help one Air Traffic Controller. By sponsoring this this air traffic controller, the sponsor can find out how many collisions have been avoided by her and who she's dating.

about the snow shutdown here in D.C.