Time’s Up. Unless there is a miracle of political agreement today, the federal government turns into a pumpkin at midnight.   The consequences:   More than half of all 1.2 million federal employees will be furloughed, including 400,000 who work …

  Mall Fight: Gunfire and explosions are still being heard from inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi as Kenyan forces close in on Somali the terrorists who attacked Saturday. Smoke is pouring out of the building. The military said …