DAVID WHITING

REGISTER COLUMNIST
Past the pony rides in a pumpkin patch,
one of the countys most severely autistic
teens shows his mother what he needs: a toy
bow-and-arrow set.
With scars and scabs from self-inflicted
wounds on his head, arms, legs, Sergio Ser-
rano allows me to examine the suction-cup
arrows. The toys are of a time when West-
erns ruled television and a bow-and-arrow
set was all a little boy wanted.
HER SONS ADVOCATE
Charmaine Saunders wants to find
ideal home for teen who has autism.
PAUL RODRIGUEZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Charmaine Saunders with her autistic son,
Sergio, 16, who violently attacks himself
when something sets him off.
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The Dodgers fall 4-2 and face a must-win game
today with St. Louis leading the NLCS, 3-1.
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TAKING AIM
AT PENSIONS
California mayors propose
initiative that would allow
cities to cut back pensions.
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UNDER THE SEA
AT CATALINA
A science instructor finds a
real life sea serpent an 1 8-
foot oarfish in 1 5 feet of
water at Catalina. LOCAL 1
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TIME FOR DEAL RUNNING OUT
Because we have
seen movement, my
expectation is that
it does get solved,
but we don't have a
lot oI time.
6 A.M. Pouse
Repub||cars |o|d a
c|oseddoor caucus
eet|r to ta|| about t|e Serate
proposa| t|at ca||s for: keopea|a
the overameat, fuad|a the
overameat throuh Jaa. !5,
||ft|a the debt ce|||a uat|| feb.
1 aad sett|a up b|camera|
budet aeot|at|oas.
6:30
A.M.
NeW
Yor| Stoc|
Lxc|are opers.
DoW Jores
|rdustr|a|
averae drops
86 po|rts.
6:47 A.M. Pouse Repub||cars cors|der t|e|r oWr
proposa|: Jwoyear de|ay of the med|ca| dev|ce tax aad
remova| of hea|th |asuraace subs|d|es for 0oaress
aad adm|a|strat|oa staff. Same dead||aes as Seaate.
Rep. Darre|| |ssa, RV|sta, te||s reporters: "We hevea't pessed
our b|||. 1hey hevea't pessed the|r b|||. . We todey W|||
pess e b||| We be||eve the Seaete shou|d eccept besed
oa the|r ||ke|y aeot|et|oas."
7 A.M.
Serate ard
Pouse oper
for bus|ress, W|t|
votes or t|e debt
ce|||r poss|b|e at
ary t|e.
8:30 A.M. Pouse
Spea|er Jo|r Boe|rer,
R0||o, te||s reporters
t|at t|ere are "ao dec|s|oas
ebout Whet exect|y (house
kepub||ceas) W||| do." Reports
say t|ere are rot erou| Pouse
Repub||car votes to support t|e|r
oWr proposa| fro ear||er |r t|e day.
8:56 A.M.
Serate Najor|ty
Leader Parry Re|d,
DNev., says or t|e Serate
f|oor t|at "cred|tret|a
eeac|es cou|d
doWarede 0.S. debt es
sooa es toa|ht," W|t|out
corress|ora| act|or.
9:45 A.M.
Serate N|ror|ty
Leader N|tc|
NcCorre||, RKy., stops
reot|at|ors W|t| Re|d to
reoper t|e overrert ard
avert a defau|t to see
W|et|er Pouse Repub||cars
pass t|e proposa| t|ey ade
|r t|e orr|r.
1Z:16 P.M.
Repub||car
Sers. Ied
Cruz, Iexas, ard N||e
Lee, Uta|, are
corsp|cuous|y absert
fro t|e Wee||y party
|urc| eet|r.
1Z:35 P.M.
Rep. Dev|r
Nures, R
C|ov|s, says t|at t|e
ed|ca| dev|ce tax ard
|rcoe ver|f|cat|or for
0baacare are out, ro
overrert subs|d|es for
Corress ard staff ard
W||te Pouse are |r.
1 P.M.
Stoc|
ar|ets
c|ose. DoW erds
t|e day at I5,I68,
doWr I33 po|rts.
1:Z4 P.M.
I|e Pouse
Repub||car
proposa| |s |eaded to
t|e Ru|es Co|ttee,
t|e step pr|or to a f|oor
vote t|at |s art|c|pated
to ta|e p|ace arourd
3 p..
1:44 P.M. f|tc|
Rat|rs Warrs of a
poss|b|e cred|t
doWrrade by putt|r U.S.
or Rat|r Watc| Neat|ve
status. "1he po||t|ce|
br|akmeash|p ead
reduced f|aeac|a
f|ex|b|||ty cou|d |acreese
the r|sk of e 0.S.
defeu|t."
Z:54 P.M. Ru|es
Co|ttee |ear|r
or Repub||car
proposa| postpored
|rdef|r|te|y. Pouse Repub||car
ebers |eav|r t|e eet|r
W|t| Boe|rer corf|r t|at
t|ere W||| be ro votes Iuesday
ever|r.
4:Z3 P.M.
Parry Re|d ard
N|tc| NcCorre||
restart reot|at|ors to
avert a defau|t ard reoper
t|e overrert. A Serate
b||| ay soor be ready for
act|or, but |t |s rot c|ear
|t W||| pass.
Fres|deat 8ereck 0beme
8:10
A.M.
I|e
W||te Pouse
rejects t|e Pouse
proposa| ard says
Pres|dert 0baa
Wou|d veto |t.
house Speeker
Joha 8oehaer
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Note. !ire|ire rot to sco|e.
11:45 A.M.
U.S. stoc|s drop
to da||y |oWs
after NBC NeWs reports
Serate budet
reot|at|ors |ad beer
postpored as serators
Wa|t to see W|at t|e
Pouse 0P p|ar W||| be.
1:Z8 P.M. N|ror|ty
Leader Narcy Pe|os|,
DSar frarc|sco, says,
"lf (house kepub||ceas)
coat|aue oa the peth
they're oa, they'|| aeed I00
perceat of the kepub||cea
votes" to pass t|e|r proposa|.
Z:Z3 P.M.
Per|tae fourdat|or
ures Pouse
ebers to vote aa|rst t|e
Repub||car proposa| because
|t does "ebso|ute|y aoth|a
to he|p kmer|ceas Who
ere aeet|ve|y |mpected
by 0bemecere."
6 a.m.
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Sources. |o|itico, !|e NeW \or| !ires, CNN, |or|etWotc|, CO ko|| Co||, !|e Wos|irtor |ost, Wire services Report|r by Natt|eW f|e|r, L||zabet| Pe|d, Cat|y Iay|or / Re|ster Was||rtor Bureau
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We're trying
to Iind a way
Iorward in a
bipartisan way that
would continue to
provide Iairness to the
American people under
Cbamacare.
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apitol Hill turned frantic Tuesday as lawmakers felt the pressure from
the looming debt-ceiling deadline. Deals were proposed multiple times
in both chambers without a vote. Watching it all was a major credit rating
agency, which figured the U.S. might not be the best investment going for-
ward and said it would review U.S. creditworthiness.
Nick Punto
is picked off
second base
as the Cardi-
nals Pete
Kozma tags
him at Dodg-
er Stadium.
PAUL RODRIGUEZ, THE REGISTER
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