AP 2011-12-17(在线收听

 1. A bill to extend the social security payroll tax cut is expected to be dead on arrival in the Senate Wednesday. The House passed the bill, what included a provision to fast track a controversial oil pipeline. 

 
 
 
2. The man accused of shooting at the White House in an attempt to kill president Barack Obama goes to court Wednesday. Friends say Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez have been acting strangely. Preliminary tests found him competent to stand trail.
 
 
 
3. Police in Belgium found the body of a woman in the home of a gunman behind Tuesday's deadly attack. The gunman attacked the city square with guns and grenades, killing three and injuring more than 120. He apparently took his own life.
 
 
 
4. And a pearl that belonged to the late Elizabeth Taylor fetched more than 11 million dollar at an auction in New York. Taylor's jewelery has been auctioned off partly to support her charitable costs.
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