A Few Random Posts on Friday's Agreement on Appropriations

- Before Deal, Angst Over Effects of Shutdown.

- Budget Deal to Cut $38 Billion Averts Shutdown.

- Republicans and Democrats Alike Claim Successes in Averting a Federal Shutdown.

- President Adopts a Measured Course to Recapture the Middle.

- Next on the Agenda for Washington: Fight Over Debt.

- Obama to Offer Details of Plan to Reduce U.S. Budget Deficit.