TEACHERS GO ON STRIKE. Chicago First In 25 Years.
After contract talks with the school district failed over compensation, health benefits and teacher evaluations, educators walked.

LEAVING ON A FED PLANE. US Ends Costly Arizona Program.
The idea to give illegals a one-way plane tickets home to Mexico after being caught entering this country illegally was an expensive experiment that cost US taxpayers about $100 million over seven years.

ALARMING ACTIONS BY AFGHAN ARMY. Watchdog Suspects Fuel Funneling.

This Week in History, Sep 9 - Sep 15

Sep 09, 1893
President's child born in White House. Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of President Grover Cleveland, gives birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House. During an intimate ceremony held in the Blue Room of the White House, President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, the daughter of Cleveland's late law partner and friend, Oscar Folsom. Fewer than 40 people were present to witness the 49-year-old president exchange vows with Frances, who at 21 years of age became the youngest first lady in U.S. history.

Sep 10, 1897

VP FACE OFF AS SHOWDOWN NEARS. Debate Preparations Begin.
GOP VP Candidate Paul Ryan starts his debate practices in Oregon today as his campaign focuses on learning how to debate opponent, Vice President Joe Biden.

CHINESE GOVERNMENT STATISTICS. Sharp Economic Slowdown.
PRC releases new data showing sputtering growth, developers and builders said they had decelerated construction to the slowest pace possible without setting off default clauses.

SEPARATE PARALLEL WORLDS. Democrats and Republicans.

Tornadoes in NYC swept out of the sea and hit areas on Saturday, blowing debris in the air, knocking out power and startling residents who once thought that twisters were mainly a Midwestern phenomenon.

Public safety officials are still assessing the damage, but no serious injuries were reported and the area affected by the storm appeared minimal.

Area residents received advance notice when The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Queens and Brooklyn at around 10:40 a.m. 30 minutes later, the storm took people by surprise anyway when it struck.

U.S. GOVERNMENT CLASSIFICATION. Terrorist Haqqani Network.
The secretary of state notifies Congress that the Pakistan-based group meets the criteria for such a terrorism classification.

PRESIDENT OBAMA.‘God Talk’.
The president has used God talk to his political advantage, while largely abandoning the practice after taking office. At the Democratic National Convention, he showed just how much it still matters.

WHITE HOUSE NEW POLICY. Drafting Standards on Cyber-attack.
A preliminary executive order could possibly accomplish what Congressional leaders could not.

The United Nations and its partners today increased their humanitarian appeal for Syria from $180 million to $347 million, due to the doubling of the number of people in need since July, to 2.5 million.

The revised Syria Humanitarian Response Plan focuses on the priority areas of health, food, livelihoods, infrastructure rehabilitation, community services, education and shelter, in Homs, Hama, Idlib, Damascus, rural Damascus, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo, as well as areas hosting large numbers of internally displaced people.