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Janet Yellen was confirmed by the Senate today to be the first woman to head the Federal Reserve. As NPRs Johnny Stick explains Yellen gained bipartisan support. The vote to confirm Yellen was 56 to 26 with eleven Republicans joining all the Democrat
AP NEWS 2008-01-311. The Fed continues to drop interest rates, cutting short-term rates by a half point, moving to combat an economic slowdown and weakness in financial markets. This follows last week's dramatic rate drop. And more cuts may be comin
This is AP news minute. 1. The senate has rejected the republican effort to repeal parts of former president Obama's health-care law. The final vote on the so-called Skinning repeal was 51-49 early Friday, with three republicans joining the democrats
The nation's largest bank, JP Morgan Chase has tentatively agreed to pay a record 13 billion dollars to settle allegations surrounding the quality of its mortgage back securities in the runup to the nation's financial crisis. The agreement in princip
Passage B The Web--My Main Sources of Information As a resource, the World Wide Web (Web) contains huge amounts of information. The Web is extensive, relatively easy to access, and provides virtually
Lesson 41 Decision 决定 Words: commerce n. 商业 commercial adj. 商业的,贸易的 commercialize vt. 使商业化,使商品化 commission vt. 委任,任命;委托,委托制作 commit vt. 犯(错误),干(坏事) commitment n. 信奉,支持;许诺,委托事项 committed adj.
The Underhill Farm in Somerset, England, is the picture of rural tranquility. But the lush green pastures disguise the fact that farms like this are contributing to global warming. That's because just one cow can produce up to 500 liters of methane
Spanish Police Arrest Algerian in Bombing Case Gil Carbajal Police in Spain have arrested an Algerian man and are searching for at least five Moroccans suspected of involvement in last Thursday's bomb
Al-Qaida Claim for Thursday's Terror Bombings Overshadows Spanish Election Gil Carbajal The people of Spain are voting in a general election following Thursday's terrorist bombings of four commuter tr
1.A fire official says a commuter plane coming in for a landing at Buffalo International Airport basically dove into the top of a house. All 48 people on board died, along with one person on the ground. The Continental connection flight originated i
This is AP news minute. 1. Bill Cosby's lawyers are pressing in judge to keep his deposition from a previous lawsuit out of his Pennsylvania assault trial. They say Cosby couldn't testify in the lawsuit as he knew the testimony could be used against
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: How much would you be willing to pay to avoid bad traffic on your commute - $10, $20, $40? Forty dollars is what a tollway in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., charged for a short time last week. Not surprisingly, people
Construction of a railway tunnel under the Istanbul or Bosporus Strait in Turkey has uncovered ancient ruins older than historians believed existed. The Marmaray Project aims to upgrade about 47 miles of commuter rail that includes connecting either
The Underhill Farm in Somerset, England, is the picture of rural tranquility. But the lush green pastures disguise the fact that farms like this are contributing to global warming. That's because just one cow can produce up to 500 liters of methane g
Blasts Cause Massive Hunt in London 伦敦地铁连环爆炸死伤惨重 After the chaos of the morning when police tried to get those injured to the hospital, and bring an end to the pandemonium , th
今天我们要学的词是chaos。 Chaos, 是混乱的意思。大雪过后,路上一片狼藉,Heavy snow caused chaos on the roads 新年派对让家里变得杂乱不堪, The house was in total chaos after the New Year's party. 政变让国家
What we found recently is that about 1 in 33 marriages are commuter marriages. And that works out to about 3.5 million people in the United States. And over the last 5 years we've found that the number of people in commuter marriages has increased a
In the wake of the subway bombings in Moscow, public transport systems seem vulnerable. London's system is one of the largest and most complex in the world. Officials in the British capital have long worked to keep the transport system safe, but have
This is AP news minute. 1. Hurricane Matthew's torrential rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina as the storm made its exit to sea. Thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. The death toll in the U.S climbed to 16. 2
This is AP news minute. 1. Roads in North and South Carolina are still flooded after hurricane Matthew's devastating impacts across the South. Law enforcement officers have conducted numerous water rescues in both states. Officials mourned the state