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Keith: Wait, what just happened? We have definitely had some interesting hellos, but that was a first. Thanks to the students over at Southeast Polk Junior High in Iowa for kicking us off. Hey guys, I am Keith Kocinski. Let's get going.

The U.S. government is up and running, open for business once again — well, at least for a few weeks before maybe another shutdown.

Last night, President Trump signed the bill that officially ended the government shutdown, and it comes after the Senate and the House approved a short-term spending bill. The vote ends the three-day shutdown of the federal government.

Senator Mitch McConnell: As I've said repeatedly over the past week, shutting down the government is an irresponsible way to do business.

Keith: The majority of Democrats and nearly all Republican senators voted for the legislation that extends federal spending until February 8. The House of Representatives easily passed it as well. Democrats did not support the original bill, but changed their view after Republicans agreed to bring a bill to the floor to address DREAMers — immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children.

Senator Chuck Schumer: The Republican majority now has 17 days to prevent the DREAMers from being deported.

Keith: The government shut down at the stroke of midnight last Friday, but today all is back to normal.

Representative Nancy Pelosi: This past week once again exposed the utter incompetence of the Republican-controlled government.

Representative Paul Ryan: This is not a moment to pat ourselves on the back — not even close. We very much need to heed the lessons of what just happened here.

Keith: Next, no one wants to get an "F." Well, 13 states are getting failing grades from the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. The group released its annual report card yesterday, looking at laws aimed at preventing injuries and death on the roads.

From laws that stop texting behind the wheel to those that require all motorcycle riders to wear a helmet, safety advocates say states should be doing more to save lives.

1 | P a g e Catherine Chase: We can't go 15 minutes without a single person being killed in a motor vehicle crash.

Keith: In 2016 more than 37,000 people died in crashes, up 5.6 percent from the previous year. 2015 also saw a jump. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety just released its new report evaluating states on 16 traffic safety laws.

Rhode Island, Delaware, Oregon, Washington, California, the District of Columbia and Louisiana all scored in the green with laws that enforce wearing seat belts in the front and back seat, text messaging restrictions and some restrictions on teen drivers.

South Dakota and Wyoming were at the bottom of 13 states landing in the red. None have a rear seat belt law, and all have fewer restrictions on child passengers.

The group is pushing for more technology to be used — things like speed and red light cameras — and to make new systems that can stop cars before a crash happens standard in all cars, not just as a luxury upgrade feature.

Now over to California. A coastal highway shut down for two weeks is open for traffic after deadly mudslides shut it down.

Traffic began moving again on U.S. Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County. The closure caused massive headaches and tie-ups, adding hours of driving time to people in the area. Basically, three football fields of debris — mud, trees and cars — covered the highway after the mudslide.

Man: Because of the flooding, we didn't have any waters up at school, so I had to go up north because we couldn't drive home at all. So it just makes it a lot easier now.

Woman: I’m so glad it finally opened.

Keith: Crews had been working nonstop for two weeks to get the highway opened. They had promised a Monday morning opening, and they delivered. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who has a home in the area, sent out a gram showing stunning before-and- after pictures of the highway.

The nightmare began on January 9, when a powerful storm brought down boulders and trees from hillsides made bare by last month's California wildfires.

Man: It was kind of devastating, to be honest, like seeing — you could still obviously see the mud there, and, I don't know, I had a few friends that had their family pass away, and it just, like, brought back those memories.

2 | P a g e Keith: At least 21 people were killed, and hundreds of homes were destroyed.

All right, coming up, we take a look at the latest food fad and craze — the raw water trend.

Keith: All right, so one of my favorite things to do is go on long backpacking trips, and sometimes, along the way, you run out of water, so you have to drink out of streams. It is a matter of survival. But now raw, unfiltered H2O is becoming popular among down- to-earth water drinkers across the country. Emily Reppert has the story.

Emily: Bottled water, filtered water, even good old-fashioned tap water — when it comes to H2O, there are plenty of ways to quench your thirst. And now there is a new drinking water trend that has people going all natural, and it is called raw water.

In this marketing campaign, the quest for raw water is cast in a sacred light. And at this San Francisco store, the pitch is working. Empty shelves are common here where the brand Live Water sells for more than $16 a bottle.

The company says its spring water is free of industrial toxins and rich in healthy microbes because it is not processed. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control say water is filtered for a reason and warn untreated water may contain bacteria, viruses and parasites no matter how clean it looks. And that can make you really sick, and in some cases, it can even kill you.

Vincent Hill: If you're not filtering it, if you're not disinfecting it, then you are, you know, creating a risk for yourself or anybody you give the water to.

Emily: Twenty-five hundred miles east in Harrison, Maine, Tourmaline has become another source of so-called raw water.

Bryan Pullen: Bedrock, high-altitude, high-elevation natural spring.

Emily: Bryan Pullen and his partner, Seth Pruzansky, say their water is the purest you will ever taste, in part because of its age.

Seth Pruzansky: The hydrogeologist that we had come up here said it's at least 10,000 years old. At least.

Emily: And they claim the older, the better.

Pullen: How pure was the Earth 10,000 years ago?

3 | P a g e Emily: Tourmaline Spring is tested regularly for contaminants to ensure it meets the same standards as a community water system. And although raw water may contain beneficial minerals, experts say a healthy diet can provide the same without the added risk.

Emily Reppert, Channel One News.

Keith: And we have got three more food trends up at ChannelOne.com. One of them is eating bugs — see what you think about that.

Now, when you are a kid, one of the things you most look forward to is growing up, one day becoming an adult, having the freedom from your family, making decisions and walking your own path. In many cultures that epic transition tends to happen in the teen years. Today Arielle Hixson kicks off her multipart series celebrating the big leap from adolescence to adulthood, Coming of Age in America.

Arielle: For America's youth, this is a big moment, a time to shine and a definite cause for celebration: when teens make that big jump from childhood to adulthood.

Elizabeth Quick: After your name’s been called and you walk down, and then you’re just, like, “Is this me?”

Arielle: In the past you have seen it in various cultures, ages and religions. Coming of age was a big marker of independence and responsibility, when young women were expected to marry and young men to provide for their families. But now it is something different.

Moeatino Lavea: I don't think I'm halfway there to becoming a man. I'm just starting to get halfway there.

Arielle: Sweet 16 parties, prom and high school graduation are all coming-of-age milestones. But for some young people, coming-of-age rituals are a part of their culture.

Erin Michaels: I decided, since we're in America, not many people have it, and I wanted to be kind of different instead of just doing the normal Sweet 16 kind of thing.

Arielle: So I decided to travel across the country from bustling New York to tropical Hawaii, getting close and personal with teens from very different backgrounds celebrating major milestones. Regardless of race, religion or culture, these teens have one thing in common.

4 | P a g e Lavea: Tradition is everything; sometimes it's the only thing we've got.

Arielle: Through this series you will get an inside look at what it is like to mark adulthood from several different perspectives, coming of age in America.

Arielle Hixson, Channel One News.

Keith: Really impressive curtsy, Arielle! I'd definitely tear a muscle trying that. Anyway, can't wait to see the rest of the series.

Plus, you just heard today's Word in the News: milestone, which is an event or achievement that marks an important stage. And in this case, the milestone is an important stage in life.

All right, that is going to do it for us today. Have a great day, and we will see you back here tomorrow.

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