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Republican and Democratic leaders have agreed on a plan to fund the government for the first six months of fiscal 2013. Still left to debate: whether to extend the so-called Bush tax cuts and looming, deep automatic cuts in some spending.

The Very Best began when a Swedish producer made a trip to a London thrift shop and a met a Malawian singer. The group's new album makes the case that even amid poverty, warfare and the privations of ghetto life, happiness is possible.

Her new album, Place To Be, was conceived as a journal in sound. In a solo performance, the energetic jazz pianist shows how she translates street scenes to melodies, with her typical effervescence.

The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, the most influential modern big band, played on Monday nights at the Village Vanguard in New York. For its 50th anniversary, its successor performs a salute.

The all-woman group the Pointer Sisters had hits with "I'm So Excited," "Fire," "Jump (For My Love)," and "Slow Hand," among others, in the 1970s and '80s. June Pointer, the youngest of the Pointer sisters, has died of cancer. She was 52.

The Biden transition team also announced that Dr. David Kessler will be the White House's chief science officer for the COVID-19 response.

Selecting Gary Gensler for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a win for progressives who have pushed for aggressive oversight.

Glen Spiller of the Armstrong County Museum stopped by High Plains Morning for a chat about their annual event this Saturday, "Goodnight Under the Stars" in Goodnight, Texas. It features live music by Jody Nix & Jake Hooker.

Pediatric hospitals are "at or near capacity" and expect to see more young COVID-19 patients as the school year resumes, according to the Children's Hospital Association.

"High Plains Morning" went down the rabbit hole with the queens of Larkin Poe about their delightfully aromatic collaboration with the Nu Deco Ensemble: "Paint the Roses: Live in Concert," which is out now. Thanks to Sam Hyken + the Lovell sisters for the chat!