AP 2011-08-06(在线收听

 1. President Barack Obama has signed the emergency legislation to raise the nation's borrowing limit. Obama says lawmakers still need to find a balanced approach to reducing the deficit that includes adjustments to Medicare and reforming the tax code. 

 
 
2. A stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September. Nearly 4,000 federal employees have been laid off and the cost in lost tax revenue will be an estimated $1.2 billion. 
 
 
3. Rain and wind gusts from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico. The storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti. 
 
 
4. And seconds after being knocked down when a man driving a stolen car hit a police cruiser, a British officer left to his feet and gave chase, eventually Tasered the suspect who was sentenced to nearly two years in jail.
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