Here’s what I’m reading up on this morning:

• The House approves a $1.1 trillion spending bill, just barely missing a government shutdown. 

• The federal government is "allowing" tribal nations (which already have tribal sovereignty) to grow and sell marijuana on reservations, regardless of what the state the reservation is in thinks about it. Not sure if this means medical marijuana would be reimbursed by flexible spending accounts when purchased on the rez. 

• The massive storm from the whether system called "Pineapple Express" is taking its toll on California. 

• Two youth, including one as young as 16, carry out suicide attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing six people. 

• Ironic privilege much? Greenpeace activists desecrate Peru’s Nazca Lines, a sacred archeological site, to make a point about the environment ahead of the big climate conference in Lima this week–and activists may face charges for it. 

• Oil drops to $60 a barrel. I’d keep an eye on China’s slowing economy to signal whether it’ll stay that way. 

• Like us on Facebook? Cool. Dislike us on Facebook? Not so much. 

• ICYMI, Beverly Johnson says Cosby drugged her, too. 

• Mumps are spreading through the NHL. 

• Is this concentration in X-ray signals from neighboring galaxies evidence of dark matter?