NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-31

 The head of National Intelligence Agency has told the US lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the spy on leaders of foreign allies has been come in practice for decades. National Intelligence Director James Clapper’s noting the same kind of spy takes place on the other side with foreign agencies spy on American officials. Clapper also said he believes in recent disclosures about US surveillance have affected 1 US security. 

“The unauthorized disclosure of the details of these programs has been extremely damaging. From my vantage, as DNI, these disclosures are threatening our ability to conduct intelligence, and to keep our country safe. ” Marks Camous, the NIC is being under fire for collection the phone records both in the US and overseas. 
 
The head of Medicare and Medicaid was grilled 2 today by House Committee on fraud implementation 3 of the affordable 4 care act. NPR’s Craig Windham reports Marilyn Tavenner says the problems are being addressed. 
The Chairman of House ways and means committee Dave Camp pressed Tavenner to disclose a number of people who actually signed up for a health insurance plan since market places opened. 
"How many people have enrolled 5 in these exchanges?"
"Chairman Camp, that number will not be available to mid-November."
Tavenner added though the initial numbers of enrollment 6 is expected to be small. She insisted the problems with the federal website are being corrected. 
"I want to ensure you that the healthcare.gov can and will be fixed 7."
Camp said the healthcare law itself is not fixable. 
But Democratic Congressman 8 John Lewis countered that the affordable care act is working. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.
 
The World Health Organization has confirmed 10 cases of polio in Syria. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports dozens more cases are suspected polio were being analyzed 9 in WHO labs. 
The WHO confirmed the cluster of prodigious 10 cases are among young children at eastern Syrian city Deir al-Zor, isn't outbreak of polio. This's the first case of polio in Syria since 1999 and apparently 11 to be linked directly to on-going civil war. Most the children who have been paralyzed are under the age of 2 and were properly vaccinated 13 against the virus. Immunization rate in Syria has plummeted 14. Their hospitals have been destroyed; doctor fled this country and the country's health care system has collapsed 15 in the conflict. The WHO has launched a mass immunization campaign in both rebel-held and government controlled part of Syria to try to vaccinate 12 1.6 million kids against measles 16, mumps 17, rubella and polio. Jason Beaubien, NPR News, Washington. 
 
News and influential 18 information company Thomson Reuters is wielding 19 the job-cutting axe 20. company says it's a part of a plan to speed up the cost-cutting efforts. It will eliminate 3,000 jobs, as on top of 2,500 previous announced job cut, let’s the snow comes from a hill of 39% drop in third quarter net income. 
 
Stock closed higher today extending the S&P 500 straight record high closes and the Dow was also a record high today. The Dow upped 111 points at 15,680; the S&P 500 rose 9 points. 
 
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Polling a ruling yesterday that block tough new abortion 21 restriction 22 in Texas. Federal appeal court judge is considering whether the granted emergency appeal was allowed the state to enforce the law. In quota 23 papers follow the Fifth Circle Court of Appeals, the state’s Attorney General is asking the judges to rule whether the law should be allowed to take effect. District judge ruled the law requires doctors have immediate 24 privileges of hospital in 30 miles of a clinic to perform abortion does nothing for protecting women’s health. The law simply @@ would close roughly 1/3 of clinics in the state. 
 
National Football League officials say it’s set to meet tomorrow with Latino America groups that opposing name of the Washington Redskins. But NPR’ Allison Keyes told us the team joint 25 reported it would meet with NFL today. 
From the president Obama, to lawmakers, to the United Indian Nation, the Redskins has faced the increasingly striking storm of criticism over its name sounds a feel of racial slur 26. Team owner Daniel Snyder has said the team will never change its name and Washington Post reported he told NFL @@ that he still has no plan to do so. 
Redskins’ fans chanted they favor to “keeping at it” at a weekend rally before Sunday’s lost to the Denver Broncos. The United Indian Nation has met in schedule for Wednesday with NFL. The Redskins didn’t respond to a request for common. Allison Keyes, NPR News, Washington. 
 
The US house prices were up by double digital amount in August, compared it with the same month a year ago. Standard and Poor Case-Shiller 20 cities indices show house prices nationwide up almost 13%, (the) strongest gain since 2006. All 20 cities in the indices show gains from the same period of a year ago. Prices in Los Vegas rose the fastest pace, more than 29% no same period in last year, though the prices they remain 47% below the world they were before the housing bubble burst.