NPR 2008-11-19

Washington attorney Eric Holder will be nominated by President-elect Barack Obama as his choice for Attorney General according to a source close to the transition team. The team has yet to comment publicly. Holder, a former US attorney, also served

NPR 2008-11-11

President George Bush and the man who will replace him, President-elect Barack Obama met today at the White House. The two men were joined by their wives who also got a chance to chat. NPR's Don Gonyea says by all indications the meeting went well,

NPR 2012-04-06

President Obama surrounded by a bipartisan congressional group has signed the JOBS Act. Because of this bill, startups and small business will now have access to a big new pool of potential investors namely the American people. This was the second ma

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-05

Recovery work continues in the northeast from Superstorm Sandy. There are more than 2 million people who still don't have power, nearly a week after the storm passed through the region. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo says the gas shortage that ha

NPR 2011-12-21

In the house of representative:the nes were 193 and the motion is optic?Without objection emotion reconsider is laid upon the table.Republicans powered through a rejection of the senate pass 2 month extension of unemployment benefit and payroll tax c

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CNN 2011-08-06

We are here to announce the results to date, and I emphasize to date, of Operation Delego, a critical and ongoing investigation that was launched in December of 2009. This operation targeted hundreds of individuals in countries around the world for t

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CNN 2008-07-25

Hello, I am Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Berlin is giving Barack Obama a very warm welcome. The German capital is the first European stop on the Democratic presidential candidate's

CNN 2008-11-29

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here's your NOW IN THE NEWS update. Scores are dead in the ongoing attacks in Mumbai, India, including foreigners, police and at least 11 attackers. The death toll is expected to rise as the authorit

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Experimental Vaccine May Help Stop Spread of Ebola

Health workers say an experimental vaccine may help to stop the spread of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The vaccine is called V920. The drug maker Merck has shipped about 8,600 doses of V920 to the northeastern DRC. The Wor

CNN 2009-06-06

I'm Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The unemployment rate rose again last month, up 0. 5 percent to 9. 4 percent. That's the highest in 26 years. Employers slashed 345, 000 jobs in May,

CNN 2009-01-14

Hello, I am Melissa Long. Here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's Tuesday, January 13th. Heres some of the headlines that are NOW IN THE NEWS. Israel is pressing Hamas from two sides in Gaza. Having already cut Gaza in two, Israeli ground forces are