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 Policy in the nation's capital say a medical examiner in Virginia has concluded this week's death of former white house press secretary James Brady was a homicide linked to the wounds he suffered in 1981 when a gunman tried to assassinate¹ president Ronald Reagan. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports the founding could allow prosecutors² to try to reopen the case and charge the assassin with murder. 

Brady was Reagan's white house press secretary when John Hinckley, Jr tried to assassinate the president more than 33 years ago. Reagan was shot in the chest and 3 others were wounded. Brady was shot in the head and it let the rest of his life partially³ paralyzed, suffering from short-term memory loss, slurring⁴ speech and constant pain. He died earlier this week from a series of health issues at age of 73. Autopsy⁶ determined⁷ that the cause of the death was Brady's gunshot wound and its ensuing health problems. The attempted president assassin, John Hinckley, was found not guilty by reason of insanity⁸ and has lived in a Washington D.C. mental hospital. Richard Gonzales, NPR News. 

 

The second wave of US air strike has hit Islamic militant⁹ target in northern Iraq. The Pentagon says drone aircrafts attacked a mortar¹⁰ position, then F-18 fighter jets fired on a convoy¹¹ and another mortar position. Those attacks follows one this morning, in which laser-guided bombs were dropped on mobile artillery¹² target near the Kurdish regional capital, Arbil. 

 

Volkswagen is expecting a recall of minivan which have ignition switches can be bumped out of the wrong position. Michigan radio Tracy Simonton reports the move follows the massive recall by GM related to faulty ignition switches. 

Volkswagen recall includes 2009 and 2010 model year Routan mini vans. The mini vans were made by Chrysler which also recalled nearly 300,000 of its own mini vans for ignition switches defects. Michelle Carob was an auto⁵ trader. She says in appearance ignition switch recalls are getting more intention than others. In a case of Volkswagen recall, no accidents or injuries have been reported. 

"Nobody wants to get caught in the situation that GM has been caught in."

Carob says there's a danger consumers will stop paying attention to recalls because there are so many of them. She says the government may need to start calling attention to very urgent recalls, especially ones involving a risk of fire. For NPR News, I'm Tracy Simonton. 

 

General Motors is recalling an additional 310,000 vehicles. Most of them are sedan view SUVs. The auto maker¹³ says the key can be removed when ignitions are not in the off position. 

 

Oracle¹⁴ Corporation is filing a breach¹⁵ of contract suit against Oregon public plate health insurance exchange claiming it's using Oracle software despite 23 million dollars in dispute bills. The exchange called cover Oregon never launched to the general public. in the stage blamed Oracle. Governor John Kitzhaber is calling for a counter suit against Oracle. 

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow closed up 185 points. 

 

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The United Air of Arab Emirates National Airline has purchased the major stake in Italy's trouble-plagued fly carrier, Alitalia. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports the deal gives Etihad a foothold in European markets. 

Etihad bought 49% stake on Alitalia jetting 715 million dollars into their airline that rarely made a profit in its 68 years history. Announcing the deal, Etihad's CEO James Hogan said Alitalia is a strong airline but a poor business financially did need to be turn around. The deal took months of negotiation¹⁶ over debt restriction¹⁷, proposing job cut, and other issues that sparked intense opposition¹⁸ from Italian unions. The latest protest came from Alitalia ground staff which staged a wildcat strike this week that let thousands of passengers' suitcases on the ground. Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Rome. 

 

Hurricane Julio is losing steam as its burrows¹⁹ across the Pacific and forecasters now say Julio is likely to miss the Hawaii islands by about 200 miles. That's just fine with Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie, who says islands have taken a beating from tropical storm Iselle which proceeded the Julio. 

"Some locations have seen close to 50 inches of rain. I see as Iselle moves through with more rain comes down, the rivers are high as storms running faster."

And he says Hawaiians should remain vigilant²⁰. 

"Gusting²¹ winds and heavy rains is still to come. Do not be fool by the fact that they may appear to be a low right now."

Abercrombie is facing a political storm as well. His primary election is scheduled in Hawaii tomorrow. Poll show he's trailing his Democratic challenger. If he loses, he will be the first sitting governor in the state history to be ousted²² after one term. 

1 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

4 slurring   

含糊地说出( slur的现在分词 )； 含糊地发…的声； 侮辱； 连唱

参考例句：

• She was slumped in the saddle and slurring her words. 她从马鞍上掉了下去，嘴里含糊不清地说着什么。
• Your comments are slurring your co-workers. 你的话诋毁了你的同事。

5 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。

6 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

9 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

10 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

11 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

12 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

13 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。

14 oracle   

n.神谕，神谕处，预言

参考例句：

• In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
• It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。

15 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

16 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

17 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

18 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

19 burrows   

n.地洞( burrow的名词复数 )v.挖掘（洞穴），挖洞( burrow的第三人称单数 )；翻寻

参考例句：

• The intertidal beach unit contains some organism burrows. 潮间海滩单元含有一些生物潜穴。 来自辞典例句
• A mole burrows its way through the ground. 鼹鼠会在地下钻洞前进。 来自辞典例句

20 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

21 gusting   

（风）猛刮（gust的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Then the treacherous North Atlantic struck, with hail, rain, lightning and gusting wind. 这时，气候变幻莫测的北大西洋出现了冰雹、大雨、闪电和狂风。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• Jeff: Sometimes, the partiality and miscarriage of justice are dis-gusting too. 杰夫： 有时，裁判的不公平和误判也真是令人讨厌的一件事情。

22 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。