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  • The black-and-white indie thriller is about a trip to one of earth's happiest places ... that goes thoroughly wrong. The movie, from first-time director Randy Moore, was filmed in Disney parks without permission — which isn't nearly enough of a gimmick to redeem the end result.
  • The government shutdown has some American Indian tribes bracing for the worst. They've seen cuts to food distribution, child care and financial assistance. At the same time, a handful of northern Arizona tribes are seeing an unexpected spike in tourists who were turned away from nearby national parks.
  • Mississippi is one of 34 states that has let the federal government run its health insurance exchange. It has had the same glitches and long wait times as other states. Despite the trouble, people are slowly signing up.
  • Why is kissing found in practically every culture? A kiss can convey passion, love and, perhaps subconsciously, a veritable catalog of information about the worthiness of a potential mate. So much for romance.
  • Amid the federal shutdown, the website drunkdialcongress.org offers an outlet. You can call a randomly chosen member of Congress, though you must supply alcohol yourself.
  • Also: Syria's rebels accused of killing civilians; and Utah finds a way to reopen its national parks.
  • Most Americans say they aren't directly affected by the shutdown. But some pockets of society are being severely hit. Here are individual stories from across the country.
  • Entrepreneur Tan Le tells her family's harrowing journey from Vietnam to Australia. She talks about how her upbringing as a Vietnamese refugee living in Australia has defined her identity.
  • Authorities in Rome, Germany, and Argentina have rejected becoming the final resting place for Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who died Friday at 100. In an "ambush" street interview in 1994, Priebke famously told ABC's Sam Donaldson, "You are not a gentleman."
  • The vast majority of researchers in the science field are honest and conscientious. But that's not the case for all of them, and a federal agency that tracks misconduct and cheating in the field is seeing increases.
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