AP 2011-08-20(在线收听

 1. President Barack Obama says the country's economic comeback will be driven by communities in places like Iowa, and not by politicians in Washington. He is touring the mid-west and says the economy in agricultural communities isn't as strong as it needs to be.

 
2. The leaders of France and Germany are calling on European Union nations to join together under a new government. They say a true European economic government would consist of the heads of state and government of all Eurozone nations.
 
3. A Federal judge in Kentucky has ordered the detention of an Australia man accused of attaching a fake bomb to a teenager's neck. Paul Doug Peters was arrested Monday. He faces an extradition hearing in October.
 
4. A stolen Rembrandt sketch has been recovered. The 350-year-old artwork worth 250,000$ was swiped from the lobby of a California hotel Saturday. It was found at a California church and authorities say it doesn't appear to be damaged.
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