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President Obama is notifying Congress he plans to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. NPR’s Mara Liasson reports the move comes just days after Obama’s meeting with his Cuban counterpart.
The State Department made the recommendation last week to the president and now with a little fanfare1 the White House has issued a paper statement saying that Cuba has not sponsored international terrorism for the last six months and has provided assurances that it will not support terrorism in the future. Iran, Sudan and Syria are the other countries that remain on the terrorism list. Cuba has been on the list since 1982. Its removal would clear one of the last hurdles2 to improving relations between Cuba and Washington and it could pave the way for the opening of a U.S. embassy in Havana, although Republicans in Congress have said they will block any funds for a new U.S. embassy there. Mara Liasson, NPR News, the White House.
A group of Atlanta educators caught up in a widespread cheating scandal have sentenced to prison time—three were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $25,000. Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter at their sentencing says the teachers are convicted of inflating3 student scores on standardized4 tests. To what they were doing, he says students were the real victims.
“From 2001 there was whole-scale cheating going on in the Atlanta Public Schools and these kids were passed on and passed on and had no chance to begin with because of where they lived, who their parents were, who their, you know, just their situation. And the only chance that they had was the school to get an education.”
A grand jury in 2013 indicted5 35 Atlanta educators including former school superintendent6 Beverly Hall on conspiracy7 and other charges.
The Labor8 Department has proposed a rule that would force brokers9 and financial advisers10 to put their clients’ needs above their own. NPR’s Jim Zarroli reports the rule is opposed by the financial services industry.
Right now brokers and advisers are required to recommend financial products that are suitable for their clients. The draft rule would go further requiring them to put their clients’ interests first. Brokerage firms would have to have policies in place to deal with conflicts of interest when they arise. A similar rule is being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission. President Obama said in February that brokers too often put their clients’ money into high-fee accounts that erode11 their retirement12 savings13 over time. Industry officials warn that the rule will lead brokers to stop offering financial advice and mean fewer products for consumers. Jim Zarroli, NPR News, New York.
Mixed earning reports of a number of large companies today along with some economic reports that were similarly mixed led to a mixed close on Wall Streets—the Dow up 59 points at 18,036; the Nasdaq lost 10 points; the S&P500 rose 3 points today.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on the heels of her announcement she’s officially in the race kept with her announced strategy of holding small-scale advance. The former secretary of state taking part in a roundtable with students and teachers at Community College in Iowa. This morning she chatted with customers at a coffee house in the town of LeClaire.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted a scathing14 attacks on developed countries, who he said were responsible for destroying the climate. The Press Trust of India reports Modi told a gathering15 in Germany India will set the agenda at the upcoming conference on global warming in Paris. From New Delhi, NPR’s Julie McCarthy has more.
“Those who destroyed the climate are asking us to pay”, Modi reportedly told a gathering at the Indian community in Berlin. He asserted that India has traditionally followed the principle of reuse and recycle and that affordable16 clean energy would be the most effective way to tackle climate change. Modi spoke17 of India’s ambitious initiative to tap solar energy and advocates that a change in lifestyle can substantially address the phenomenon of global warming. But India is the world’s third biggest polluter after China and the U.S. and it is under pressure to review clear plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions18 in advance of the climate change conference in Paris in December. Julie McCarthy, NPR News, New Delhi.
In what officials in the mid-west are calling one of the largest and longest lasting19 cases of canine20 flu, over 1,100 dogs were reported to have died with other second. Veterinaries in the Chicago region began reporting cases of what is known as canine infectious respiratory disease in January. Humans cannot get dog flu, though veterinary officials say they can spread it.
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| n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布 | |
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hurdles
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| n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛 | |
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inflating
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| v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的现在分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨 | |
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standardized
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| adj.标准化的 | |
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indicted
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| 控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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superintendent
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| n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长 | |
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conspiracy
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labor
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| n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦 | |
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brokers
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| n.（股票、外币等）经纪人( broker的名词复数 )；中间人；代理商；（订合同的）中人v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的第三人称单数 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排… | |
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advisers
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| 顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授 | |
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| v.侵蚀，腐蚀，使...减少、减弱或消失 | |
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retirement
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savings
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scathing
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| adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词) | |
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gathering
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| n.集会，聚会，聚集 | |
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affordable
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spoke
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| n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说 | |
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emissions
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| 排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体） | |
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lasting
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| adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持 | |
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canine
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