AP 2012-02-19（在线收听） |
1. Congressional leaders have reached a tentative deal extending a two percentage-point payroll tax cut and added unemployment benefits for the rest of the year. The roughly $150 billion measure would also prevent a steep cut in Medicare reimbursements to doctors. 2. A man already sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing four people in a 2011 rampage across New York City faces another sentencing. Maksim Gelman is expected to get 25 years for slashing a subway passenger at the end of his bloody spree.
3. Activists say an attack on an oil pipeline has set off a huge fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline is in a rebel-held neighborhood, which activists say has been shelled by regime troops for the past dozen days.
4. Malachy, the Pekingese won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club this year. It's nothing new for the 4-year-old pompom. It's his 115th Best in Show title overall. |
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