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Here are some of the other stories we are watching this hour. It's a rough start on Wall Street, unfortunately, this morning. Just after the opening bell, the Dow plunged 150 points, and the view hasn't gotten much better from there. Investors are re
President Bush is promising a smooth transition for the administration of President-elect Barack Obama. Mr. Bush said it would include briefings on issues ranging from national security to the economy and a planned trip to the White House Monday whe
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The new US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan told attendees at a Senate hearing today that while Pakistan faces an extremely difficult situation, the Muslim nation of 175 million people is not in danger
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A Baltimore man is in federal custody for allegedly plotting to blow up a military recruitment site in Maryland. The Justice Department says the suspect, Antonio Martinez, is a 21-year-old Muslim conver
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The White House is wrapping up its effort to get a nuclear arms treaty with Russia through Congress this year. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the latest big Republican gun to come to the White House's aid. T
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the US must take further steps to stabilize the banking system even though, he says, doing so will add to the federal deficit. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Ben Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committe
The State Department is warning Americans abroad to be on alert for possible protests against the US after a Florida church announced it would burn copies of the Koran this Saturday. Ahead of that, NPR's Michele Kelemen reports governments worldwide
More people are still losing jobs faster than they're finding them. This morning, the Labor Department released its September employment report. Ninety-five thousand jobs went away last month and kept the unemployment rate stuck at 9.6 percent. It wa
There is a reason to celebrate in Chile today. Near where 33 miners have been trapped underground for more than two months, rescue workers pushed the drill through the last inches of a more than 2,000-foot shaft to create an escape route. Richard Rey
The next 24 hours are expected to be especially tense for those trying to rescue miners who've been trapped nearly a mile underground for more than two months in Chile. Crews are shoring up a long escape shaft that they set up to pull the 33 men out,
President Obama is urging world leaders whore meeting in Washington today to act and not just talk about safeguarding nuclear materials. NPRs Scott Horsley has more. President Obama called nuclear terrorism one of the greatest threats to global secur
President Obama playing host to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House is applauding the end of the Iraq War. He says Iraq will not stand alone once US troops leave at the end of the year. He says we will never waver in the defense of
President Obama is pitching a plan to slash the federal budget deficit by about $4 trillion over 12 years. NPR's Brian Naylor says the proposal the president outlined in a speech at George Washington University today relies on a combination of spendi
President Obama is ratcheting up pressure on Democrats and Republicans to reach a deal on deficit reduction no matter how painful. I'm prepared to take on significant heat from my party to get something done. And I expect the other side should be wil
We are expecting to hear shortly from President Obama on his reaction to developments out of Egypt, where President Hosni Mubarak announced he had resigned. It is a dramatic scene in Tahrir Square which erupted in cheers on news today that Mubarak wa
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. Michigan lawmakers have given final approval to two right-to-work measures that will likely weaken unions in what has been a labor stronghold. The bills prohibit unions from demanding dues from non-unio
Obama, Romney make closing argument WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Friday made closing argument for their candidacy to become the next president of the United States, as they sp
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Toon time is not PC, say experts 你所不知道的经典卡通片背后的秘密 Not to ruin your happy childhood memories, but cartoons may not be so innocent as they appear to be. 尽管我们不想毁了你那快乐的童年记忆,但这些卡通
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