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 The man who climbed the White House fence and entered the building earlier this month may have made it much farther than previously¹ acknowledged. NPR's Brian Naylor says the intruder was tackled inside the East Room. 

The secret service first said that 42-years-old army veteran Omar Gonzalez was stopped inside the North Portico² door just after the alarm. But the Washington Post reports that Gonzalez ran down the main hall way to the East Room before being tackled. With more alarms inside the building to warm any intruder were scheduled to be shut off because ushers³ complained the noise. Neither the president nor his family were in the building at the time of September 19 intrusion. A White House panel is said to question secret service director Julia Pierson about the incident. Brian Naylor, NPR News, Washington. 

 

Federal authorities have been indicting⁴ the Pakistani maker⁵ of a popular smartphone app that secretly allows users to monitor communications. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports while the technology similar to what police used to track suspect, private uses is violation⁶ of federal law. 

The program is called StealthGenie. It allows users to track people secretly. It can monitor calls, texts and social media; track smartphone location and can even act to fake a phone's microphone to make recordings⁷. Hammad Akbar allegedly created this spy work. He's arrested in Los Angeles over this weekend, and charges against him were just made public. It's marked the first ever criminal case concerning the sell of mobile spy work application. The concern is that this act can allow stalkers and domestic abusers to know details of the targets life without anyone knowing. Dina Temple-Raston, NPR News. 

 

Head of Federal Aviation Administration says he's now ordered to review of security protocol⁸ on the heels of last week incident where a contractor⁹ worker allegedly set fire to air traffic facility. What it appeared to be a failed suicide attempt. While a safer of attorney for the worker indentified it is Brian Howard who admits the incident was troubled on multiple levels. 

" That he did so in a way that inconvenienced and more many, many people is unacceptable, and he deeply regrets that."

The fire brought flights from Chicago 2 busiest airports to a stand stall for 5 hours as it today. Service on Ohio was about 80% of normal while Midway are reported operating about 90%. Agency says it would take 2 weeks to open the damaged control center. 

 

Fewer people were signing contracts to buy a home last month as an indication of home sells may be slowing a bit. According to National Association of Realtors, its seasonally¹⁰ adjusted pending¹¹ home sell index dropped 1% over the past month. And it also said weaker wage growth couples the rising home prices as one reason sells may be slowing a bit. 

 

Stocks chopped after the open this morning, but recovered some at last ground at the close. The Dow was still down though, 41 points to 17,071; the NASDAQ fell 6 points today. 

 

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United Auto¹² Worker union and a couple of top labor¹³ German groups have signed a letter of intent to work jointly¹⁴ to organize Volkswagen disassembling plan in Chattanooga, Tennessee. That's according to a top UAW official who says the goal of the campaign is get majority staff among employees to plant recognition by Volkswagen. UAW lost the vote to represent 1,500 workers at the plant earlier this year after an extensive anti-union efforts by a group of "the National Right to Work". Chattanooga plant is VW's only major factory without any representation in its global works council. 

 

79% of American teens enroll¹⁵ in college by the age of 20. By age 26, nearly 90% of teens have toured a four years program. But NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports a new study examines why fifth the national teens don't enroll in college after high school. 

The study commission by the National School Board Association and the Summit for Public Education provide this profile of a typical American teenager would not immediately go on the college. This student tended to be a male, poor. His parent may own a high school diploma but no more. He's likely to do living in a rural community in the south, and though he thought to go to college, money was the biggest reason he didn't. In high school he took the easiest courses and still got poor grades. He did little alone homework and did not do well in tests. And yet, as the study points out he eventually enrolled¹⁶ college even if it was 9 or 8 years after he graduated from high school. Claudio Sanchez, NPR News. 

 

Researchers who looking for 16 cases of wild weather around the world last year, including heat waves on Australia, are blamed more than half the cases on manmade climate change. The study was organized by the US national Ocean & Atmosphere Administration. 

 

I'm Jack¹⁷ Speer, NPR News in Washington.

1 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

2 portico   

n.柱廊，门廊

参考例句：

• A large portico provides a suitably impressive entrance to the chapel.小教堂入口处宽敞的柱廊相当壮观。
• The gateway and its portico had openings all around.门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂。

3 ushers   

n.引座员( usher的名词复数 )；招待员；门房；助理教员v.引，领，陪同( usher的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Seats clicked, ushers bowed while he looked blandly on. 座位发出啪啦啪啦的声响，领座员朝客人们鞠躬，而他在一边温和殷勤地看着。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• The minister then offers a brief prayer of dedication, and the ushers return to their seats. 于是牧师又做了一个简短的奉献的祈祷，各招待员也各自回座位。 来自辞典例句

4 indicting   

控告，起诉( indict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• But Moreno-Ocampo stressed he was not indicting President Bashir. 但是奥坎波强调，他并不是在起诉巴希尔总统。
• He says that indicting the journalists is just another move at Washington. 尹德民说，起诉这两名记者就是针对华盛顿的另一个行动。

5 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

6 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

7 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

8 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

9 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

10 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句

11 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

12 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

13 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

14 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

15 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。

16 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。