AP 2012-02-18(在线收听

 1. Chinese expected next leader is defending his nation's record on human right, but says there is room for improvement. Vice president Xi Jinping said he had candid discussions on the issue with President Obama at the White House.

 
 
 
2. President Obama is turning to the American people for help, asking them to push Congress to extended a payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of February.
 
 
 
3. Authorities in Washington State recovered some papers, books and a map. Josh Powell dropped off at a recycling center a day before he killed his two young son and himself in a fire. Powell was a person of interest in his wife's disappearance.
 
 
 
4. Whitney Houston's funeral was set for Saturday, but it will be by invitation only, closed to the public. The service will be in a church in Newark, New Jersey, where she sang in the choir. 
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