AP 2012-05-17（在线收听） |
1. A political stalemate in Greece is rattling financial markets worldwide. It comes more than a week after elections gave no party a majority in parliament. Greeks are furious over the handling of their financial crisis and severe austerity measures imposed in exchange for two massive international bailouts. 2. President Barack Obama tells graduates of a women's college that they and their generation will lead the country to better days. Obama was the commencement speaker at Barnard college, a private women school in New York.
3. California governor Jerry Brown is proposing more than 8 billion dollars in cuts to close a widening budget deficit. The state faces a nearly 16-billion dollar gap that's far above the more than 9 billion dollars spread anticipated in January.
4. And Jay-Z is in a Philadelphia state of mind. The rapper has announced a two-day music festival in the city of Brotherly Love. The event will feature nearly 30 acts over Labor day weekend. |
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