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 Half dozen Republicans joining the all voting Senate Democrats¹ this evening to fill a filibuster² measure that without law work place discrimination on the basis of sexual identity or orientation³. NPR’s David Welna explains passage of employment’s non-discrimination act is now expected in the Senate but the House leaders remain opposed to the bill.

 

It has been 17 years since the Senate last vote on ENDA. It failed then by one vote. The bipartisan votes that move the measure forward signals it likely pass it later this week. Maine Republican Susan Collins is one of this bill’s co-sponsors. 

 

It is far pass time that we and discrimination in the workplace against lGBT and debate through all of this.

 

The measure would apply to all public employers except the Pentagon and all private firms with at least 15 employees though religious organizations are excluded. House GOP leaders have shown no inclination⁴ to take up the bill and pass it. Unless they do it cannot become law. David Welna NPR News, the Capitol.

 

Authorities say the gunman charged the deadly shooting of TSA agent at Los Angeles international airport was dropped off at LAX by his roommate. NPR’s Kirk Siegler reports that revelations include the newly released court documents. 

 

In the FBI’s affidavit⁵ and support of searching warrant of suspect Anthony Paul Ciancia’s cellphone, authorities say the 23 years old roommate dropped him off at the LAX at Friday morning. Ciancia had entered the roommate’s room unannounced and asked for a ride to the airport. The roommate told the authorities he did not Cianica’s plan to target TSA agent and only learned about the shooting when he get back to their apartment. Moments after he was dropped off, Cianica allegedly took an assault rifle out of his bag and fired multiple rounds point blank at TSA officer inside the terminal. Authorities say he also shot and wounded three other people. The affidavit also says Ciancia was concerned about so-called “new world order” backing up earlier statement by authorities that shooting spree could be motivated by Ciancia’s anti-government beliefs. Kirk Siegler NPR News.

 

SAC Capital Advisors⁶, major investment firm, is agreeing to plead guilty to fraud charges stop handling individual investments and pay 1.2 billion-dollar NNNN with inside trading charges. Attorney Preet Bharara says the hedge funds headed by Wall Street trader Steve Cohen will pay 900 million fines, approximately 600 million the company already paid and forfeit⁸ another 900 million to the federal government.

 

We will continue to pursuit insider trading investigations¹⁰ and fellow the facts where ever they lead and investigation⁹ in this case on the criminal side remains¹¹ ongoing¹².

 

Cohen has not been personally charged in the cases be built one of largest fines against the financial institution. 

 

US factories were bit busier than September with orders up to 1.7% after the previous month and large part did the bigger job orders for commercial airplanes. 

 

On Wall Street, the DOW was up 23 points, the S&P rose six points.

 

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A South Florida jury has convicted now a 23-year-old man of second degree murder charges in connection with 2007 killing¹³ Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. After liberating¹⁴ for 16 hours over several days, the jury convicting Eric Rivera connection with the botched home invasion and taken confession¹⁵ while Rivera told police he shot Taylor when Pro⁷ Bowl safety confronted a group of young men who broken with Miami home apparent believing the Taylor was on the road

 

Today is the 34th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Teheran when 52 Americans were taken hostage and spent 444 days in captivity¹⁶. NPR’s Peter Kenyon reports NNNN hardliner took the streets to mark the occasion 

 

American flags and effigies¹⁷ of Uncle Sam were burnt and while the official placard wrote down with America in English, the standard NNNN was “death to America” as has been for over three decades. The US has been described as inherently deceitful, perhaps in echo over remarks by the lead US nuclear negotiator who recently said when he comes to Iran, deception¹⁸ is part of DNA¹⁹. But supreme²⁰ leader Ali Khamenei while blasting Washington and its alley²¹ Israel says no one should attack Iran’s nuclear negotiators who are holding more talks this week that could involve curbs²² Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief economic sanctions. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Istanbul.

 

Cereal Company Kellogg is announcing plans to trim its worldwide workforce²³ by roughly 10%. Cut is part of efforts by the maker²⁴ of Frosted Flakes²⁵ and Eggo Waffles who did a weaker than expected sales numbers but Kellogg says reductions will take place by 2017. 

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 filibuster   

n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠

参考例句：

• A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
• The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

3 orientation   

n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍

参考例句：

• Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
• The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。

4 inclination   

n.倾斜；点头；弯腰；斜坡；倾度；倾向；爱好

参考例句：

• She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
• I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。

5 affidavit   

n.宣誓书

参考例句：

• I gave an affidavit to the judge about the accident I witnessed.我向法官提交了一份关于我目击的事故的证词。
• The affidavit was formally read to the court.书面证词正式向出席法庭的人宣读了。

6 advisors   

n.顾问，劝告者( advisor的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网

7 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

8 forfeit   

vt.丧失；n.罚金，罚款，没收物

参考例句：

• If you continue to tell lies,you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.你如果继续撒谎，就会失掉大家对你的好感。
• Please pay for the forfeit before you borrow book.在你借书之前请先付清罚款。

9 investigation   

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。

10 investigations   

（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。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

13 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

14 liberating   

解放，释放( liberate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Revolution means liberating the productive forces. 革命就是为了解放生产力。
• They had already taken on their shoulders the burden of reforming society and liberating mankind. 甚至在这些集会聚谈中，他们就已经夸大地把改革社会、解放人群的责任放在自己的肩头了。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

15 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

16 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

17 effigies   

n.（人的）雕像，模拟像，肖像( effigy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• stone effigies in the church 教堂里的石雕像
• On 5 November British children burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. 每逢11月5日英国儿童都焚烧盖伊．福克斯的模拟像。 来自辞典例句

18 deception   

n.欺骗，欺诈；骗局，诡计

参考例句：

• He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
• He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。

19 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

20 supreme   

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。

21 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

22 curbs   

v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• In executing his functions he is not bound by any legal curbs on his power. 在他履行职务时，他的权力是不受任何法律约束的。 来自辞典例句
• Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced. 限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中，不久即将公布。 来自辞典例句

23 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

24 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

25 flakes   

小薄片( flake的名词复数 )； （尤指）碎片； 雪花； 古怪的人

参考例句：

• It's snowing in great flakes. 天下着鹅毛大雪。
• It is snowing in great flakes. 正值大雪纷飞。