From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

 

　　So far seven out of nearly three dozen Atlantan educators have surrended to police to face charges of taking part in a school cheating scandal. Attorneys for seven of the defendants are in an uproar over the amount of bail their clients are forced to pay to Connecticut jail. They say board said that anywhere for a million to 7.5 million dollars are rediculously high, and exasperated RaidLeilxx says his client does have that count of cash.

 

　　Board said because people are of risk fly, or connected crimes, there have been a troubled life, leave few hour for life, how said.

 

　　The defendants including the former Atlantan school supreme attendant are named in the 65 count indictment. That alleges they conspire to cheat on standardized testing connected on bonuses educators get when students show improvement.

 

　　Allegations of corruption are also lining officials in New York in hot water. A state senator and New York city councilmen are among six people charge in an alleged bribery plot. They are ringed this afternoon as NPR's Joel Rose explains.

 

　　At the center of alleged plot is New York's state senator,  Malcolm Smith. His charge was trying to bribe his way onto the 2013's New York mayoral ballot. Here is US attorney Preet Bharara announcing the charges.

 

　　The charges we are suing today, demonstrate once again, that a show me the money culture seems to pervade every level of New York government.

 

　　Smith was elected as a democrat. But he's hinted the migrant for mayor as a republican. To do that, Smith would need approval from three of the five republican counter leaders in the city. The complaint says Smith and city councilman Daniel Halloran, directed tens of thousands of dollars to local power brokers, in effort to get that support. Lawyer for Smith denies any wrong doing. Joel Rose, NPR News, New York.

 

　　Days after gun control advocates stage defence nationwide get fire arm off the streets and way from schools, the national rifle association is now out with the plan to place armed personnel inside every school in the country. NPR's SP.Dultyxx reports the proposal was first rejested in the days following the New Town school shootings in December.

 

　　NRA consultant AsixHatrisonxx spelled out the details of the arm guards plan at a Washington D.C. news conference. Among the features, creating a training program for staff members will carry guns in school, and helping schools improve security measures like preliminary fensing and lock doors.

 

　　In thought of comprehensive plan of layered security, in which the armed school personnel, or SRO is one ailment.

 

　　The NRA opposes new restrictions supported by gun control advocates, including prohibitions against assault rifles and high capacity magazines, and university background checks for all gun purchases. SPxDultyxx, NPR News.

 

　　At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 72 points at 14,644; NASDAQ gaining 15 at 3,254; S&P500 up seven at 1,569. This is NPR News.

 

　　President Obama is asking congress to approve 100-million-dollar investment next fiscal year mapping the human brain. Today he announced an initiative to launch research that he says wil lead to treatment and cures of illnesses such as all some of Parkinsons and traumatic brain injuries. He also faces resistance though from congressional republicans who argue the government needs to make deeper spending cuts.

 

　　Cyprus's finance minister has resigned. He took the post only in February but he's come under strong criticism for his hanging of the negotiations with the international creditors. We have details from Teri Schultz.

 

　　After concluding tough negotiations with international lenders, the Cypriot government is set to get its first batch of bailout money from the Euro zone next month. A five-year restruction program has been worked out, along with the re-payment plan to start in ten years at 2.5% interests. With that deal reached, Cypriot finance minister Michalis Sarris resigned. Sarris was previously the head of Laiki bank, the nation's second largest lender, which has now been closed. Sarris says his departure will help facilitate the government ordered investigation into how the country got so close to collapse. For NPR News, I'm Teri Schultz in Brussels.

 

　　The UN general assembly has approved the first step of treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate international trading conventional arms. Seperately United Nations' chief Ban Kimoon warns North Korea appears to be on a collision course as it put with other nations. Ban says the recent escalation of Pyongyang's nuclear threats against the US and South Korea who routinely conducted joint military drills. North Korea has cited those drills as a threat to its national security. Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, noted that he does believe anyone intends to attack the North.

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington.