AP 2011-02-15(在线收听

1. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has announced he is handing powers over to his vice president. He's also ordering constitution amendments. But the long-time leader retains his title of president, ensuring that his regime will control the reform process.

 

2. A coroner says the death toll from a natural gas explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has risen to five people, with all but one body recovered from the debris. Fire officials say the victims in the blast range in age from four months to 79 years old.

 

3. Arizona Senator Jon Kyl has decided not to seek a fourth term next year. The Senate's No.2 Republican says it's time to give someone else a shot at the seat that he's held since 1994.

 

4. And Donald Trump may want you to hire him. The billionaire real estate mogul says he'll decide by June whether to run for president. He says the US is becoming the laughingstock of the world, and he's worried about its future.

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