AP 2011-04-10（在线收听）

1. President Barack Obama is hoping Republicans and Democrats can reach an agreement on budget cuts. He'll meet with House Speaker John Boehner later this morning. Lawmakers are working on a stopgap spending measure, but senior government workers have reportedly been told to make contingency plans.

2. Libya says Moammar Gadhafi won't step down, but the government is ready to discuss changes in how the country is governed. Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim says Gadhafi has no official position to relinquish. Libya's anti-government rebels have rejected a proposal to have one of Gadhafi's sons take over.

3. At least six people are dead from severe weather in the South. High winds, hail and lightning blew through the region Monday, uprooting trees and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Meteorologists are investigating several reports of tornados touching down in the region.

4. And she wanted a horse, but this German teen's parents gave her a cow instead. So the resourceful 15-year-old taught the bovine how to jump instead. Luna now goes on long rides in the countryside and can make it over makeshift jumps.