Some people can't pay their moratages, and most young people can't afford one, we student can't afford the education they need and middle class parents watch the dreams they hope for their childern evaporate. Cuomor turn down several invitations to seek the presidency he served as governor from 1983 to 1984, Mario Cuomo as the father of current New York governor Andrew Cuomo who inaugurated the second term today. Mario Cuomo was 82 years ago no cause of death has been given .

 

United Nations says 2014 was a rex bloodest year since civil war tore that country apart in 2007. NPR's reports the year began Islamic state, or ISIS, taking over much of province more deadly.

 

The UN mission in Iraq says in a state that a minimum of 12,282 civillians were killed in terrorism and violence in 2014. That a level of violence not since 2007 when a vicious sectarian civil war began at  . The statement addressed that a figure should be considered absoulte mininum. Other organzation have higher counts, but because the difficulties of collecting accurate data especially in areas controled by ISIS. The group to a large in January, and then put into the northern cities in June, killing many who resisted as well as minorities and Shia musliams deemed heretic by the extremists. Alice, NPR news, Baghdad.

 

Under new law taking effected  today individuals under the age of 21 would no longer face a lose the driver's lessons. Their report alochol related medical emergencies. network has more.

 

The new law remote says penalties one in drinkers seeks medical help if their friend have had too much to drink. says the director of the alochol drug in violence prevention center at  university. He says the fear of getting punished can be assembling block.

 

That may cause them to pause their way to drove to alochol, we are talking alochol life and death situation. A national group called the medical  initiative says similar laws are effect in 20 other states. For NPR news, I'm in .

 

Chile shut it will rose in Pasadena today was temperature not about freezing blackets and blocs.

 

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The camp of the ferry that caused fire last week in the sea resulting at least 11 death since the speaking out the first time, talking with reporters today told them that the crew did the best to help those on board. has been praised was the last for being evacuated from the burning ship. The the badly damaged ferry toward Italy. A numbers of people was still listed in missing, those clear exactly how many since  in Italy, have been between the Italy since last Sunday.

 

European Union's common currency, the euro is still struggling after another year of slow economic recovery, but adopting it still concerning market prior EU governments. Terry reports on , becoming an 19th member of euro zone tdoday.

 

The euro doesn't get much applause in currency markets right now , but getting the common EU money is acause for celebration by government officials who had the economic targets to qualify for the euro zone. At the midnight, president symbolic withdraw the person euro from 18 . EU commissioner says this is a historic moment that would bring his country more security, significant for its small neighbour Russia. The population is less than as many worry the concersion would give stores the chance to hack prices. For NPR news, I'm Terry, in .

 

After widing down 2014 was solid gain, the US financial markets are closed today for New year's holiday. I'm Jack Speare, NPR news in Washington.