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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record box. That pulls an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's growth domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a three tenth of the percent annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists were even looking for worst numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weaken economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says it's further evidence for the failed economic policy of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball dynum.

 

"That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising cost of living, focus, at whatever depending, we've got to work hard these last five days."

 

In his speech, Obama said an economic trunaround won't be easy, but he sys John McCain's policies would do nothing more than to continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was drawing on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made famous. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes rasied by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared along sight McCain for the first time during campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in San *. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller governmence, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, let's quest // and vote for a real American, John McCain."

 

While McCain has credit rasied for rasing  concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the economic-centered proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said they will * 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expences by 1.8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issue credit has its biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The * comes the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today, the S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white * skin heads were remaining behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizzard plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, * white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. A fedal majesty in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to the later hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel * and 18 year-old ** to get lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the * should //. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off by the hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah * reports.

 

The 17-year old left Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he has called on a special legislation session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislators has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin Nov. 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were new-borns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgian have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah * in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope has backed up running after a month of breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists make two attempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

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hotfresh at 2008-10-31 11:03:22

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in a record box.Paulson has an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 3/10 of percent in / rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists were looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaign in Sarasota Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says it's further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond.

 

"That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising cost of living,and folks have to watch every penny, we've got to work hard these last five days."

 

In his speech, Obama said an economic trunaround won't be easy, but he sys John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was drawing down the campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made defenders. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes rasied by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in San *. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller government, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, that's a question to answer and go to vote for a real American, John McCain."

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher  for rasing  concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the economic-centered proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said they will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1.8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issue credit has its biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The * comes the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today, the S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white * skin heads were remaining behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, downing white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. A federal majesty in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to the later hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18 year-old Paul Schlesselman to get lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case  should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off by the hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah * reports.

 

The 17-year old left Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he has called on a special legislation session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislators has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin Nov. 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were new-borns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgian have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah * in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope has backed up running after a month of breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists make two attempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

fastslow at 2008-10-31 11:06:11

 PS:Richard , you are a good guy. Have finished two items in such a short time!

 

 

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in a recorded books.Paulson has an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 3/10 of percent annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists were looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in the spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaign in Sarasota Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to Obama rally on Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond.

 

"That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising cost of living,and folks have to watch every penny, we've got to work hard these last five days."

 

In his speech, Obama said an economic trunaround won't be easy, but he sys John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on the 

campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made defenders. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes rasied by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in San *. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller government, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, that's a question to answer and go to vote for a real American, John McCain."

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher  for rasing  concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the economic-centered proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today they will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1.8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issue credit cards has its biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut comes the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today, the S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white * skin heads were remaining behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, downing white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. A federal majesty in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to the later hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18 year-old Paul Schlesselman to get lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case  should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off by the hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah * reports.

 

The 17-year old left Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling / a special legislation session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislators has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin Nov. 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were new-borns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgian have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah * in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is backed up running after a month of breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists make two repair  tempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

Well it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession. One of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product the broadest measure of US economic growth shrank at 0.3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumers sharply reined their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida Democrat Barack Obama reacted to the news, the nation's GDP had fallen. He says it's further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The New GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally on Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond, "That means we're producing less, we're selling less. Our economies are actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years as wages failed to keep up with the rising cost of living. Folks have to watch every penny. We gotta work hard these last five days." In his speech Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy but he says John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on the campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber **. NPR's Scott Horsley has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who is concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio. At the first stop in Sandusky, Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear-cut endorsement. "Smaller government, you know, as far as everyone else here, that's the question, and ask them to go vote for a real American, John McCain." Well, McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan. The plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax beak under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Horsley, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at American Express, the New York based financial services giant said today it will axe roughly 7,000 jobs or 10% of its work force as it seeks to reduce expenses by 1.8 billion dollars next year. The Nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it's the biggest restructuring in the company since 2001. The cut at AMX comes as the company faces increase numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points to close at 9,180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skinheads were remained behind bars. They're accused of hatching a bizarre plot that included killing students at predominantly black high school done in white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

 

A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defense motion to delay a hearing in the case of 20-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman in order to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing an illegal firearm plan to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's safe heaven law, another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year-old left at an Omaha hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's safe heaven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday, he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislature has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin at November 14th. Many of the two dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running a month after breaking down. Scientists at of Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10 million dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for a successfully switching to a backup computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

jxzhope at 2008-10-31 11:31:43

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in a recorded books. Paulson has an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists were looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaign in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond. "That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising cost of living, and folks have to watch every penny, we've got to work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he sys John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made defenders. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes rasied by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in San *. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller government, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, that's a question to answer and go to vote for a real American - John McCain. "

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for rasing concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the economic-centered proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issue credit cards has its biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut comes the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9,180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skin-heads were remaining behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, * white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. A fedal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to the later hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel * and 18-year-old ** to get lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should * grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off by the hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year old left Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislation session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislators has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were new-borns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope has backed up running after a month of breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists make two repair tempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

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cooogo at 2008-10-31 11:43:17

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in a recorded books.Paulson has an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 3/10 of percent annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists were looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in the spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaign in Sarasota Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to Obama rally on Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond.

 

"That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising cost of living,and folks have to watch every penny, we've got to work hard these last five days."

 

In his speech, Obama said to make an economy trunaround won't be easy, but he sys John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on the 

campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he mate defenders. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes rasied by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in San Dusky Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, that's a question to answer and go to vote for a real American, John McCain."

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher  for rasing  concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the economic-centered proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today they will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1.8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issue credit cards has its biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut * comes the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today, the S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white surprise skin heads were remaining behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, downing white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. A federal majesty in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to the layer hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18 year-old Paul Schlesselman to get lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case  should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off by the hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah * reports.

 

The 17-year old left Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislation session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislators has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin Nov. 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were new-borns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgian have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah * in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is backed up running after a month of breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists make two repair  tempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington

[ 本帖最后由 cooogo 于 2008-10-31 11:45 编辑 ]

Alert! at 2008-10-31 13:09:43

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in a recorded books. Paulson has an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond. "That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising costs of living, / folks have to watch every penny. We gotta work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he sys John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made defenders. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes rasied by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time in a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in San *. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller government, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, that's a question to answer and go to vote for a real American - John McCain. "

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for rasing concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut come as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9,180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skin-heads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school,  white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. A fedal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to the layer hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel * and 18-year-old * voted to get lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm plan to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year old left in a Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislators has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were new-borns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope has backed up running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists make two repair attempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

rainphy at 2008-10-31 15:49:04

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in a recorded books. Paulson has an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond. "That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising costs of living, / folks have to watch every penny. We’ve got work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he says John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made defenders. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in Sandusky. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else is here, you know, that's a question to answer and go to vote for a real American - John McCain. "

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American's Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 b illion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut come as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9,180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skin-heads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, done in white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted the defence motion to the layer hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman nodded to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm plan to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year old left in an Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislator/ has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope has backed up running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for successfully searching back up computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

LINMINSZU at 2008-10-31 18:06:24

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of US economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech in an outdoor rally at a baseball diamond. "That means we are producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising costs of living, folks, you have to watch every penny. We’ve got to work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he says John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made famous. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in Sandusky. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear-cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else here, you know, that's a question to answer when I go and vote for a real American - John McCain. "

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 b illion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut at AMEX comes as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9,180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skinheads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, doning white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to delay a hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman in order to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, planning to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year old left in an Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislature has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is back up in running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for successfully switching to a backup computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

Jacky123 at 2008-10-31 19:13:42

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of U.S. economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says its further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech in an outdoor rally at a baseball diamond. "That means we're producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising costs of living, folks, you have to watch every penny. We’ve got to work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he says John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made famous. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in Sandusky. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear-cut endorsement.

 

"Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else here, you know, that's a question to answer when I go and vote for a real American - John McCain. "

 

While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. As it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut at AMEX comes as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points, to close at 9,180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skinheads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that including killing students at a predominately black high school, doning white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama. A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to delay a hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman in order to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, planning to steal weapons and threats against the Presidential Candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law. Another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year old left in an Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislature has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is back up in running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for successfully switching to a backup computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

jxzhope at 2008-10-31 19:39:09

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the broadest measure of U. S. economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says it's further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally at a baseball diamond. "That means we're producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with rising costs of living, folks have to watch every penny. We ve got to work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he says John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made famous. NPR's Scott Coarsely has that story.

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in Sandusky. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear-cut endorsement. "Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else here, you know, that's a question to answer and when I go to vote for a real American - John McCain. " While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Coarsely, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at the American Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce as it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cut at AMEX comes as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points / to close at 9, 180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skinheads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, doning white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to delay a hearing in the case of 21-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman in order to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, planning to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law, another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year-old left in an Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislature has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is back up in running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for successfully switching to a backup computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

economic contraction 经济萎缩
keep up with v.跟上
watch every penny 精打细算花好每一分钱，一分钱都得算计着花
economic turnaround 经济好转
campaign trail 竞选活动
clear－cut adj. 轮廓鲜明的, 清晰的
behind the bars 关在牢里
bizarre adj.Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; 古怪的

hatch vt.To devise or originate, especially in secret:尤指秘密地设计或制造：hatch an assassination plot.密谋暗杀计划
magistrate n.A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law, as:地方行政官：有权执法和实施法律的公务员
drop off v. 遗弃
Safe Haven law 美国内布拉斯加州《弃婴法》，俗称《避风港法》，该法案原意在让有困难的父母合法弃婴。
backup computer 备份计算机

 

greatsea at 2008-11-01 01:19:33

on jxzhope

 

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the broadest measure of U. S. economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says it's further evidence for the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond. "That means we're producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with the rising cost of living, folks have to watch every penny. We've got to work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he says John McCain's policies would do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made fenders. NPR's Scott Horsley has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe, the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in Sandusky. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear-cut endorsement. "Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else here, you know, that's a question to ask them to go to vote for a real American - John McCain. " While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Horsley, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at / American Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today will ax roughly 7, 000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce as it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restruction at the company since 2001. The cuts at AMX come as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing cost.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points to close at 9, 180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skinheads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot, that included killing students at a predominately black high school, donning white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defence motion to delay a hearing in the case of 20-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman in order to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, planning to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law, another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year-old left in an Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday, he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislature has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for successfully switching to a backup computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

[ 本帖最后由 greatsea 于 2008-11-1 01:27 编辑 ]

jxzhope at 2008-11-01 07:57:55

skinhead n.Slang 1. A person with a shaven head. 剃光了头的人 2. A member of any of various groups of white British or American youths who shave their heads, gather at rock concerts and sports events, and sometimes participate in white-supremacist and anti-immigrant activities. 光头仔：英国或美国白人青年群体的成员中的一员，他们剃光头，在摇滚音乐会和体育盛会上集会，并且有时参与白人至上主义者和反移民活动

 

请见以下报道：http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/28/2008-10-28_skinhead_plot_to_kill_barack_obama_was_j.html

 

The two men arrested for allegedly hatching a harebrained plan to assassinate Barack Obama were described by family and friends Tuesday as more loudmouths than skinheads.

 

他们的家人和朋友星期二说，这两个因密谋暗杀Barack Obama而被捕的人，是说大话惹的祸，他们不是光头仔。

 

Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Ark., apparently did not have the means or know-how to carry out their far-fetched plot, authorities said.

 

权威人士说，这两个人显然没有办法也不知道怎样去实施这个离奇的计划。

[ 本帖最后由 jxzhope 于 2008-11-1 08:00 编辑 ]

ylem_ail at 2008-11-01 08:19:37

three-tenths of a percent =3/10 of 1%=0.3%

rein in v.放慢, 止住, 控制

baseball diamond 棒球内场，棒球球场

Amex= American Express=AEP?? 美国运通公司

don vt.

1 : to put on (an article of clothing) 披上, 穿上, 戴上

2 : to wrap oneself in

drop off 离开，死去？？

jxzhope at 2008-11-01 11:15:16

QUOTE:

原帖由 ylem_ail 于 2008-11-1 08:19 发表 three-tenths of a percent =3/10 of 1%=0.3% rein in v.放慢, 止住, 控制 baseball diamond 棒球内场，棒球球场 Amex= American Express=AEP?? 美国运通公司 don vt. 1 : to put on (an article of clothing) ...

 

American Express = AMX , 美国运通公司；而 AMEX 是 American Stock Exchange，美国证券交易所。greatsea 改对了。

 

drop off 在文中是“抛弃”之意。

plato1983 at 2008-11-01 11:28:07

On greatsea

 

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.

 

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the broadest measure of U. S. economic growth, shrank at a 0. 3% annual rate in the third quarter. The contraction for the three months ending in September was the sharpest in seven years. Many economists are looking for even worse numbers for the current quarter as consumer sharply rein in their spending as a result of the weakened economy.

 

Campaigning in Sarasota, Florida, Democrat Barack Obama reacted to the news the nation's GDP had fallen. He says it's further evidence of the failed economic policies of the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

 

The new GDP numbers came out just prior to an Obama rally in Florida's Gulf Coast. In response, he added the following to a speech at an outdoor rally on a baseball diamond. "That means we're producing less, we are selling less, our economy is actually shrinking. Florida's in its first recession in 16 years. Across the country we saw the largest decline in consumer spending in 28 years. As wages failed to keep up with the rising costs of living, folks have to watch every penny. We've got to work hard these last five days. " In his speech, Obama said an economic turnaround won't be easy, but he says John McCain's policies will do nothing more than continue the path taken by President Bush. Don Gonyea, NPR News, in Sarasota.

 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was joined on a campaign trail for the first time today by the Ohio plumber he made famous. NPR's Scott Horsley has that story.

 

John McCain has been talking for weeks about Joe, the plumber, using Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher as an example of the kind of person who's concerned about having his taxes raised by Barack Obama. Wurzelbacher appeared alongside McCain for the first time during a campaign bus trip through Ohio at the first stop in Sandusky. Wurzelbacher simply urged people to get informed about the issues and vote. He later offered a more clear-cut endorsement. "Smaller governments, you know, as far as everyone else here, you know, lots of questions have been asked. I’m going to vote for a real American - John McCain. " While McCain has credited Wurzelbacher for raising concern about Obama's tax plan, the plumber would almost certainly qualify for a tax-break under the Illinois Senator's proposal. Scott Horsley, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign.

 

Big cuts at American Express, the New York-based financial services giant, said today it will ax roughly 7, 000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce as it seeks to reduce expenses by 1. 8 billion dollars next year. The nation's fourth largest issuer of credit cards says it is the biggest restructuring at the company since 2001. The cuts at AMX come as the company faces increased numbers of bad loans and higher financing costs.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 189 points to close at 9, 180. The NASDAQ was up 41 points today. The S&P 500 gained 24 points. This is NPR.

 

Two white supremacist skinheads will remain behind the bars. They were accused of hatching a bizarre plot that included killing students at a predominately black high school, donning white tuxedos and top hats and attacking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. A federal magistrate in Tennessee today granted a defense motion to delay a hearing in the case of 20-year-old Daniel Cowart and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman in order to give lawyers more time to prepare for a hearing on whether the case should go to a grand jury. The pair are accused of possessing illegal firearm, planning to steal weapons and threats against the presidential candidate.

 

Two weeks before a proposed meeting by Nebraska lawmakers to change the state's Safe Haven law, another teenager has been dropped off at a hospital there. From NET Radio in Nebraska, Sarah McCammon reports.

 

The 17-year-old left at an Omaha Hospital last night is the 24th child to be dropped off since mid-September. Nebraska's Safe Haven law includes no age limit for children that can be left at hospitals. Governor Dave Heineman announced yesterday, he is calling a special legislative session to address the issue. He said a majority of the legislature has agreed to a proposal that would limit the age of children who can be dropped off to 72 hours. The special session will begin November 14th. Many of the two-dozen children given up so far were teenagers and none were newborns. Children from Iowa, Michigan and Georgia have also been left at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running a month after a breaking down. Scientists at the Hubble Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore said the 10-billion-dollar space telescope is working as well as it was before a September shutdown. Scientists made two repair attempts for successfully switching to a backup computer.

 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.

 

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