AP 2011-07-19(在线收听

 1. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are again pushing opposing positions in the debate over deficit reduction. Obama says a combination of spending cuts and tax increases is needed while Senator Orrin Hatch is pushing for a balanced budget amendment. 

 
2. Traffic in the LA area is moving smoothly, several hours after authority shut down a ten-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeway. It's part of a massive 53-hour construction project.
 
3. Rupert Murdoch is letting everyone know just how sorry he is over the phone hacking scandal. He took out full page ads in seven newspapers apologizing. He is set to answer questions from parliament on Tuesday. 
 
4. Thirty-one of the 33 rescued miners in Chile are now suing the government. They say safety negligence led to their 69-day stay underground last year. They are seeking more than 16 million dollars or about 500,000 dollars apiece.
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