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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. Congress
failed to approve a new spending bill last night, leading
to a shutdown just after midnight Eastern. Starting today, federal
employees whose jobs do not protect life or property will
be told not to come to work. I Speaker Mike
Johnson spoke this morning.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
At midnight, the Democrats followed through on their threat to
shut down the United States government. As we speak here
this morning, there are hundreds of thousands of federal workers
who are getting their furlough notices.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Both Democrats and Republicans had their own bills that failed
to get passed on the Senate floor. Democratic leaders that
Keem Jeffreys and Chuck Schumer released a joint statement claiming
that after months of making life harder and more expensive,
Donald Trump and Republicans have now shut down the federal
government because they don't want to protect the healthcare of
the American people. The last government shutdown happened during President

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Trump's first term in twenty eighteen and lasted thirty five days.
Top Trump administration cabinet officials are headed to Tennessee today.
Ag Pambondi and War Secretary Pete Hegseth will be in
Memphis to meet with federal, state, and local law enforcement
along with the National Guard, as the federal surge to
combat crime begins there this week. Federal forces were welcomed
by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, who said he expects operations

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to build safe neighborhoods that last. New employment data from
ADP is adding to growing concerns about the weakening labor market.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Mitch McCann reports in September, private payrolls declined by thirty
two thousand, the biggest drop in six months, while economists
palled by Dow Jones had expected an increase of forty
five thousand.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
The Bureau of Labor Statistics was set to publish the
official government jobs report Friday, but with the government shutdown underway,
ADP may be the only jobs data reported this week.
Stocks open lower today following the jobs report and the
government shutdown. Research at Washington State University may have found
a way to ease the effects of alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Researchers focused on the part of the brain called the cerebellum.

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They were able to affect the physical and emotional stress
of withdrawal that often causes people to resume drinking. I'm
Chris Krajio. AOL is shutting down its dial up Internet service.
The company originally known as America Online, announced the end
of an era for a technology that wants to find
the early Internet experience. At its peak, AOL had ten

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million customers. However, as technology advanced, most users transition to
faster broadband connections, shrinking current usage down to under one
hundred and sixty five thousand households. The company's decision will
also discontinue the AOL dial or software and AOL shield Browser,
which were optimized for older systems and dial up connections.

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The Hollywood Actors Union is condemning reports that an AI
generated actor is seeking representation from talent agents. Tami Trahio
has details.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
SAG after a set in a statement that Tilly Norwood
is not really an actor, but a character generated by
a computer program with no life experience and no emotion.
The statement claims the AI creation uses stolen performances to
put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing
human artistry. The company that made Tillanora Woods says several

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talent agencies are looking to represent the AI creation and
caster in various films and shows.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Fran Drescher is the latest celebrity with a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actress, who's best known
for her role in the TV show The Nanny, got
her star yesterday. It's very gratifying, very justifying, very talented,
and I should say and Larry Brand. Her acting careers
started with a part in the hit nineteen seventy seven

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films Saturday Night Fever. She's currently featured in the movie's
spinal Tap two. The end continues. The sixty eight year
old just wrapped up a term as president of the
Actors Union SAG after Andy Music History News On this day.
Back in nineteen fifty six, a test audience watching the
Elvis Presley film Love Me Tinder reacted negatively to him
dying at the end. The king was then called back

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to re shoot the scene for a new ending where
the hero lives. I'm Chris Karaghio.