AP 2009-12-15(在线收听

1. President Obama is giving himself a good, solid B+ grade for his first year in office. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the president claimed progress on economic and international fronts. But he says health care reforms and getting more Americans back to work remains undone.

 2. Tiger Woods' agent says he is disappointed by Accenture's announcement that the company will end its six-year relationship with the golfer. The global consulting firm announced Sunday that Woods is no longer the right representative after the circumstances of the last two weeks. Woods who admitted infidelity announced last week he is taking a break from golf to work on his marriage.

3. Crews are expected to continue searching this morning for two climbers missing on Oregon's Mount Hood. The search was called off last night because of bad weather. The climbers set off Friday, and were due back in the afternoon but failed to return. The body of a third hiker from the group was found over the weekend.

4. Toyota says it will start selling plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers in 2011 at an affordable price. About 600 of the vehicles will be introduced in Japan, the US and Europe starting this month.

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