2. An American described as a "leading drug lord" with a network spanning Asia and the United States has been arrested in Thailand. Joseph Manuel Hunter has been handed to agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

3. The democratic-led Senate is ready to approve legislation averting a government shutdown on Tuesday. But House Republican leaders are unwilling to accept the bill, ensuring that the nasty congressional squabble will spill into the weekend and possibly right up to the deadline and maybe beyond.

4. The Georgia Aquarium is giving visitors a chance to peer inside the bodies of giant sea creatures. "Sea Monsters Revealed: Aquatic Bodies" includes preserved bodies with their flesh stripped away to expose muscles, bones, and organs underneath.