AP 2012-01-23(在线收听

 1. The captain of a luxury cruise ship that capsized off Italy over the weekend says he did everything he could to save loss. Prosecutors are investigating whether he abandoned the ship before all of the passengers escaped. Meanwhile, two more bodies were discovered inside the vessel on Sunday. 

 
 
 
2. GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is accusing the Obama administration of disdain for the military. Perry said in a TV interview on Sunday that the White House response to a video that purportedly shows Marines urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan was over-the-top rhetoric. 
 
 
 
3. President Obama and his family marked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with a visit to Washington's historic Zion Baptist Church. During the Sunday morning service, the pastor urged his congregation to preserve its morals in a time of political and economic turmoil. 
 
 
 
4. Muhammad Ali soaked in familiar cheers and chants, along with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" on Saturday night. His friends and admirers celebrated his coming 70th birthday in his Kentucky hometown. Ali turns 70 on Tuesday.
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