AP 2012-05-14(在线收听

 1. House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama's handling of economy should be the focus of this year's election, not Obama's support for gay marriage. Polls say the economy is on top of voters' minds. Still some activists say social issues can energize conservatives at the core of the Republican Party.

 
 
 
2. This is the second day of deliberations in the trial of a man charged with murdering three relatives of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. Her former brother-in-law William Balfour has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the October 2008 slayings.
 
 
 
3. More than 50 people are dead after a pair of suicide car bombings in Syria. The blasts shaved the facade off a military intelligence building. The deadly attacks are the country's worst since the uprising began 14 months ago.
 
 
 
4. If the British Royalty thing doesn't work out, Prince Charles may fall back on a budding career as a weather man. The heir to the British throne and his wife Camilla gave it a try on Thursday, each reading weather reports during a visit to BBC studios in Scotland.
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