AP 2011-03-04(在线收听

1. Rebels in Libya are celebrating after they managed to fight off attacks by those loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in a city near the capital. Residents with automatic weapons and defection army units have stopped pro-Gaddafi forces in three cities.

 

2. The federal government will avoid a shutdown at least for two more weeks. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid says President Barack Obama will have the temporary bill on his desk this week. The White House will then work with both parties on funding the government for the rest of the fiscal year.

 

3. Christina Aguilera and her boy friend are out of jail after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. The couple was stopped in Los Angeles on Tuesday after their car burned rubber and fishtailed on a street. Authorities say the singer who was taken into sober-up won't be prosecuted.

 

4. And police at a Philadelphia suburb say a pizzeria owner with mice problems he blamed on competitors tried to sabotage two rival shops by dumping mice in their pizzerias. The suspect faces charges of disorderly conduct, harassment and animal cruelty.

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