| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | New Kindle Fires go for speed, subtlety | | Amazon on Wednesday announced three new Kindle Fire tablets: a 8.9- and 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX and a lower-end Kindle Fire HD. The tablets feature faster hardware, better screens, improved software and a subtle new look. |
| Hear Cruz cite Seuss | | Republican Sen. Ted Cruz spent hours making remarks on the shutdown debate designed to block Obamacare. |
| Now about that budget ... | | GOP Sen. Ted Cruz talked more than 21 hours, trying to quash Obamacare funding. He failed, and senators are expected to delete a House measure to defund Obamacare and move forward on the budget. |
| Amazon CEO unveils new Kindle | | Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos talks about new products and his purchase of the Washington Post. CNN's Dan Simon reports. |
| Shutdown | | | As he hit the 18-hour mark on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz compared his anti-Obamacare effort to "Star Wars." And he tried out his vocal impression of Darth Vader. |
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