NPR 2012-06-14

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As new reports of torturing, killings⁴ of children emerge from Syria, White House Spokesman Jay Carney is warning the ongoing⁵ violence could lead to civil war.

We will be in a situation or we’re likely to be in a situation where Syria is experiencing a sectarian(宗派的) civil war that could spill beyond its borders, that could destabilize the region, that could involve other countries.

But some believe Syria is also ready in the group of civil. That include former Secretary of State Collin Powell, who also told CBS today that he did not believe the US military should directly intervene.

 

 

A Pennsylvania jury is hearing more testimony⁶ today from alleged⁷ victims in the child sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Meanwhile court papers suggest that a top Penn administrator⁸ kept a secret file of allegations against Sandusky. Details form NPR’s Joel Rose.

Former Penn State vice⁹ president Gary Schultz and athletic¹⁰ director Tim Curley are charged with perjury¹¹ and failure to report suspected child abuse. According a document file this week by prosecutors¹² in Pennsylvania, Schultz kept a running file on allegations of inappropriate conduct by Sandusky that, prosecutors say, would directly contradict Schultz’s testimony before a grand jury. Schultz’s lawyer denies that he kept any secret files on Sandusky. Schultz retired¹³ a few days after the allegations against Sandusky became public. Tim Curley is on administrative¹⁴ leave from Penn State. Both men deny the charges against them. Joel Rose, NPR news, Philadelphia.

 

 

Corporate¹⁵ giants are rushing to stake their claims on new prime internet real estate. That don’t just include .com or .org, now they’re applying for other * suffixes¹⁶ such as .blog or .blogger, .sex. Nearly 2,000 companies, about a half from North America applied¹⁷ for dozens of available domains¹⁸. The idea is to stimulate¹⁹ competition by giving companies more control over their presence on the web however critics warn the new suffixes are unlikely to gain momentum²⁰.

 

 

The sliding gasoline prices in sales figures into its largest declining wholesale²¹ prices nearly 3 years. The Labor²² Department says the producer price index had fallen 1% in May after pulling back 0.2% a month earlier.

 

 

At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was down 70 points, more than 0.5% at 12,504 with NASDAQ off more than 0.5% at 2,825.

 

 

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Crews battling an out-of-control wild fire in Northern Colorado are up against more hot weather and gusty²³ winds today. The High Park fire has now scorched(烧焦) 72 square miles of tinder dry forests, west of the city of Fort Collin. Kirk Siegler of member station KUNC reports from one of the fire’s command posts, northwest of the city.

A thousand firefighters are battling this blaze which is now one of the top priorities in the country. In the skies, there's been a steady parade of choppers and planes dropping water and fire retardant on the blaze. Bill Hahnenberg is the fire incident commander.

We're trying to do two things, set priorities to protect structures and at the same time construct fire line so this thing does not continue to grow.

The fire has destroyed scores of homes, and Bill Hahnenberg says it’s still too dangerous for firefighters to even protect structures in some areas. For NPR news, I’m Kirk Siegler, in Fort Collins, Colorado.

 

 

Spain’s Prime Minister has been criticized for flying to Poland for a soccer game just hours after his country’s bailout. As Lauren Frayer reports from Madrid, the Spanish leader is now trying to deflect²⁴ that and he is blaming his predecessors²⁵ for Spain’s banking²⁶ mess.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says the previous socialist²⁷ government here should’ve acted three years ago. Spain doesn’t have the 100 billion Euros and can’t issue public debt, Rajoy told parliament, referring to the amount of bailout money on offer from Europe. In 2009, it could have, he said, but since we had the best financial system in the world he said sarcastically(讽刺地), now we’re three years behind. Spain had to resort to an EU bailout for its banks weighed down by own paid property loans. European officials push to have the deal in place before Greek elections this weekend. For NPR news, I’m Lauren Frayer, in Madrid. 

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