Representatives for 2 unions have been negotiating with officials of the bay area rapid transit system for near 29 hours,but progress of the talks staled and union spokes woamn said workers were prepared to strike if a last minute deal isn't reached.But unions have been posed for a strike since sunday when a 60 day cooling off period expired.Since then the 2 sides negotiated and the unions have drawn back several strike threats.Baker carries about 200,000 communtors every work day,it's the fifth largest urban transit system in the nation.Richad Congsalas,NPR News,Sanfrancisco.

As thousands of federal workers went back to work today after the costly 16 day government shutdown,president Obama called on politicians to change the way Washington does business.NPR's Scotte reports the president says he is hoping for more cooperation.

President Obama says there were no winner in the government shutdown which weaken America's economy and its international standing,he says he hopes the shutdown reminde people of the important work that government employees do.Now those workers are back on the job,Obama hopes to refocus on other priorities and he says he looks for areas of agreement between Democrats and Republicans.

There is no good reason why we can't govern responsiblely despite our differences without lurching from manufacture crisis to manufacture crisis. Obama highlighted 3 areas where he thinks Congress can make progess this year, agreement,a farm bill and immigration reform.Scotte Hosely,NPR News,the White House.

Numbers of peole finally weekly jobless claims feel by 15,000 last week, analysts say the number was somewhat destored for a third straight week sicne California declare back lob claims caused by a computer change.    Johnson says combined with the partial government shutdown,this now end the numbers made no mean much.

When you ask yourself what the claims tell you about the employment conditions in the US,it's really hard to tell because we had the distortions necause what's going on in California and I'd like to call the distortions as a result of the shutdown of the federal government.

Labour department says the last bote for moving average should claim up by 11,750 last week.

The federal reserve may have to continue its bond buying program end early next year before scenes o   strength the economy to begin scaling back,this based on a poll of economists conducted by Rulters which has made the drag on the US economy in the fourth quater because of the just ended partial government shutdown in Washington weigh above 0.3%.

Some immediate reaction from bluechips to end the shutdown though the broader market to a recorder high today,the Don was down 2 points,s&p 500 rose 11 points.You are listening to NPR News in Washington.

Toyato has announced a sizeble recall memo its popular Camery in the US.Thw Janpanese automaker announcing today it's recalling 803,000 Camerys built between 2012 and 2013 for potential problems with airconditioner candancers. Global recall also affects some    on benze models.  maker says water from the airconditioner candancer can leak into air bag control madul causing the airbag to possiblely inflate.

Scientists have finally figure out why the brain needs sleep.NPR's Tom Hamlton reports on a new study showing the sleep is when the brain clear out harmful toxics.

A team from the university of Rucherste made the discovery well study in the brains in the sleeping nights.The researchers notice that during sleep there was a dramatic increas in the amount of  sriber spynofles through animal brains.Previous research by the same team havd found that this flow carries away harmful toxisons build up around brain cells and even kill them.One of those toxisons is nate aimalry sticky plat that appears in the brains of people with all timer diseases.researchers say the new finding published in the jounal science could explain why brain diseases including alltimers have been associated with sleep disorders.John Hanmlton ,NPR News.

   spirit of calenders figueing firefighters and police officers now something a big difference from the state of iland.A cander featuring librains showing off their tatoos.No joke,the Rodiland liberain association says it wants to change outdated notions about the profession    come up with the tatoo liberain of the ocean state counter d owhile next month.   liebrains are producing several counters another states the group says it already received hundreds of advance oreders.

I am Jack Speer,NPR News in Washington.