WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government has shut down all government offices, parks, museums and laboratories until the budget has been approved by the House of Representatives, Senate and President Bill Clinton.

Congress sees no end in sight as both parties sit deadlocked for an agreement on the budget. Clinton has only signed three of 13 appropriations bills, and agreements for the other 10 are not expected to be resolved in the next week.

Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House, has proposed a bill that will temporarily pay the government's bills, allowing government workers to return to work, but Clinton has promised to veto it.

Vital government functions, such as law enforcement, air traffic control, public health, the mail service and the military are continuing operations.

Other government agencies, like the IRS, passports, and Social Security offices have all been temporarily closed.

n Clinton looks to send in troops

DAYTON, OHIO -- Clinton proposed that the government spend $1.5 billion to send 20,000 American troops to Bosnia to keep the peace. He estimated the troops would be stationed in Bosnia for approximately a year.

The leaders of the Balkan countries are still having peace talks with U.S. mediators to decide on peace keeping conditions in Bosnia.

The U.N. foresees the process of returning three million people to Yugoslavia as a two year process and could cost as much as $500 million dollars.

The peace talks are expected to end in the next week although the outcome is not definite.

n Simpson to go on trial again

LOS ANGELES -- The second trial in conjunction with O.J. Simpson will be underway this week. Simpson is being sued by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in separate wrongful death lawsuits.

Both families are suing for financial damages over the murders of Brown and Goldman.

Unlike the murder trial, Simpson does not have to be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Only a "likelihood" of wrongdoing can find Simpson responsible for both deaths.

In related news, Marcia Clark, the prosecuting attorney in the Simpson case, said at a conference for women that she did not believe that the police had enough evidence to charge Simpson with the murders, but that the Los Angeles Police Department ignored her advice and decided to charge him despite her objections.