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 A transit1 workers strike has snol the evening commute2 in the Sanfrancisco Bay area leaving hundreds of thousands of communters to scramble3 from ordinary way home.NPR's Richard reports there is no indications labours or management prepare to resume talks.

The Bay area rapid transit system was shutdown at midnight friday and now evening communters are flooding buses and ferries and jaming the free ways to get out of Sanfrancisco.Both sides say they were near agreement on wages, benefits and pensions but negotiations4 broke down on thirsday over worke rules.Management says it needs to changes to those rules to modernize5 the barge6 system.The uniob says it is prepared to surmit the work rules dispute to arbitritor,but management declined that offer. This is a second barge strike this year after workers walked off jobs for 4 days in July.Richard Ganzalas, NPR News,Sanfrancisco. 
President Obama formally announced his choice to place Jay Atano as head of the department of Homeland securtiy.The president is speaking in the White House rose garden today saying his nomination7 of Jay Johnson to the post brings someone with deep understanding of the threats and chanllenges the US faces.  
I am confident that I could not make a better choice in Jay,somebody who I am confident is going to be moving not just agency forward but helping8 move the country forward. The former pentagon laywer who is active during Mr Obama's first term the 46 years old Johnson was in sight of the increase use of drone strikes as well as rewiping the military commission to try terriorism suspects.
Cansua supreme9 court has indefintely suspended the law license10 of former state attorney general Phil Clins following allegations of ethical11 misconduct during investigation12 of abortion13 providers.Lim reports from KMUW in Wichta.
In 2007 then attorney general Phil Cline filed 107 criminal charges against a planned parent of clernic in the Kensuca city suburbe.He accused performing illeagal abortions14 and forcefying records.Clients also persuade Mr Miner criminal charges against doctor George Tailor because of laid abortions performed in his   clinic.Tailor was fatally shot in 2009 by antiabortion activist15.Clin's attorney says the Cline never intensionly lied of mislead anyone during his investigations16 and they are reviewing the ruling.Forn NPR News,I am Milina in Whicatu Kensucity.
HSBC,europ's biggest bank by market value,is paying out a hafty 2.46 billion dollar fine in the classic action lawsuit17 which violated security laws.  says the settlement includes nearly a billion and half doallars in damage and another billion in judement intersest.The biggest fine ever lever in the security production case named in the super household international now HSBC finance corporation has hold several kig executives.
Up the weekend for Wall Street,the Don Jones industry average gain 28 points, s&p 500 rose 11 to close at record high. You are listening to NPR.
Former House speaker Tom Forly has died.Forly's wife confirming the Washington state Democrat,died of complications following a stroke.Forly served more than 30 years in the house including more than 5 a speaker before losing the seat in the so-called republican revolution of 1994 when he became the first speaker since the civil war not to win the election in his home district.Forly also served 4 years as ambassdor to Japan during the Clinton administration. Tom Forly was 84 years old.
Same sex couples in New jersy will be able to get married beginning next week. New jersy's highest court today denied the state's request to put same sex marriage on hold one appeal considered.NPR's Joe Rose explains.
A state judge ruled the New jersy civil union law violates the civil rights of same sex couples and ordered the state to recognize same sex marriages beginning next week.The administration of governor Kris Crisdy a popular republican who may run presiden in 2016 appealed that ruling to state supreme court which agree to take the case,but the court denied the administration's request to stay the lower court's ruling in the meantime.That's means same sex marriages will likely begin across the garden state just after midnight on monday morning.Governor Crisdy argued that the New Jersy voters not courts or law makers18 should decide whether to allow same sex marriage.The state supreme court will hear the administration's appeal in Jan.Rose NPR News.
Nasa official say huge astronauts that wased by earth last month largely unnoted should not be a major worry when it returns in 19 years.   umons with the nasa near earth orbits program put the autografly 148,000 1300 long astronuts will hit earth when it returns in Aug 2032,     called 2013 TV 135 was discovered on Oct 8th.
I am Jack19 Speer, NPR News in Washington.

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1 transit MglzVT     
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
参考例句:
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
2 commute BXTyi     
vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
参考例句:
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
3 scramble JDwzg     
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料
参考例句:
  • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
  • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
4 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
参考例句:
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
5 modernize SEixp     
vt.使现代化,使适应现代的需要
参考例句:
  • It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化,明显失败了。
  • There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。
6 barge munzH     
n.平底载货船,驳船
参考例句:
  • The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
  • Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
7 nomination BHMxw     
n.提名,任命,提名权
参考例句:
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
8 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
9 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
10 license B9TzU     
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
参考例句:
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
11 ethical diIz4     
adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的
参考例句:
  • It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
  • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
12 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查,调查研究
参考例句:
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
13 abortion ZzjzxH     
n.流产,堕胎
参考例句:
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
14 abortions 4b6623953f87087bb025549b49471574     
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 );小产胎儿;(计划)等中止或夭折;败育
参考例句:
  • The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人:不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
  • Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论:染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网
15 activist gyAzO     
n.活动分子,积极分子
参考例句:
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
16 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
参考例句:
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
17 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼,控诉
参考例句:
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
18 makers 22a4efff03ac42c1785d09a48313d352     
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
19 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
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