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State officials voted Monday to send Oklahoma food banks $1 million a week if federal food assistance programs continue to lack funding during the government shutdown.
        
        
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                        Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local support, and an Instagram following. "People are calling us the rebellious sisters!" Rita says.
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                        Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history, died Monday, according to a statement from his family. He was 84 years old.
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                        The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economic studies.
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                        Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.
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                        Four races highlight this year's elections: a redistricting referendum in California, governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the mayoral contest in New York City.
 
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