1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh.A fierce race for the White House is playing out on the campaign trail today for the 8th time this year. President Obama is in a battleground state of Ohio where he addressed supporters in Cincinnati a short time ago.The problem is we got a stalemate(僵局)
2、 right now in Washington _ between two fundamentally different ideas about how we move the country forward.Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is blasting the Obama camp for attacking his record at Bain Capital, including charges that hes more supportive of outsourcing than bringing more j
3、obs back to the US. Romney says just look at the high unemployment rate on President Obamas watch. Romneys latest campaign stopped with Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he appeared with Governor Bobby Jindal.The resignation of Florida A&M president James Ammons is the latest in the fallout from the hazi
4、ng death of the band drum major and other problems at the Tallahassee university. Florida public radios Lynn Hatter reports Ammons was set to step down in October but was now leaving immediately under a deal reached with the schools board. A&M U president Ammons will leave with more than 98000 dolla
5、rs and bonuses agreed to by the schools board in exchange for speeding up his resignation date. University provost(教务长) Larry Robinson will serve as interim president until a permanent one is named. Board member and student body president Marisa West says Robinsons appointment is needed to steer the
6、 school through the next a few months. Robinson returned FAMU last year after a temporary stint(定量的工作) in the Obama administration. His appointment will have to be confirmed by FAMUs board at August meeting. For NPR News, Im Lynn Hatter in Tallahassee.A senior United Nations official is warning many
7、 Syrians will die if donors dont contribute more funds for humanitarian aid. Lisa Schlein reports the official told participants attending the 4th Syrian humanitarian forum in Geneva that one and a half million civilians in war torn Syria are in need of help.The United Nations expects to increase fo
8、od aid from half a million people last month to 850000 this month. But UN operations director John Ging warns the situation in Syria is deteriorating and the gap between the needs and means is widening.We need more money. If we dont get more money, people will die and will be more humanitarian suffe
9、ring. The needs will continue to grow as long as this conflict continues.The UN has received only 20% of its 180 million dollar appeal for humanitarian operations inside Syria and only 20% for a separate 193 million dollar refugee appeal. For NPR News, Im Lisa Schlein in Geneva.Two Americans in Egyp
10、t have been freed days after they were taken hostage by a Bedouin tribesman. They were abducted Friday along with a local tour guide along the Sinai Road to a Christian monastery on Friday.At a last check on Wall Street, Dow was down more than 30 points.This is NPR News.The Food and Drug Administrat
11、ion has approved the first medication shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection. Studies in the past year reveal the drug Truvada if taken every day, can be most useful in situations where people are higher risk of HIV, such as a couple in which one person is HIV positive and the other is not. But t
12、he FDA is still urging individuals who take Truvada to practice safe sex to further reduce their risk of HIV infection.Consumers are still extremely cautious about spending as retailers found out last month. Today the Commerce Department announced June sales had fallen half percent, maintaining a do
13、wnward trend for a third month.A political shake up is reported out of North Korea. The government has fired the head of its army saying the official was ill. As NPRs Louisa Lim reports the surprising announcement has certainly sparked speculation.A workers party central committee meeting on Sunday
14、relieved Ri Yong Ho of his duties, issuing a terse(简明的) statement citing illness. The army chief had been one of the most powerful men in the country. Hes deputy chairman of the central military commission and workers party. He had been a key figure moving the transition to power to Kim Jong Un who
15、took over after his father died in December. He was 69 years old and hadnt been seen in public recently. In Seoul government officials said such a prompt announcement was very unusual indeed for a normally secretive North Korean government. Some analysts believe this could indicate a purge is taking place and that Kim Jong Un has enough loyalty among the military to take such action. Louisa Lim, NPR News.Im Lakshmi Singh, NPR News, Washington.