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　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

 

　　Rescue crews who've been trying to reach survivors¹ still trapped in the wreckage² of a collapsed³ garment factory in Bangladesh are facing new challenges. A fire broke out at the site when rescuers sent off sparks says they try to cut through a steel rod to reach a woman. At least three workers have been injured. More than 370 people are dead.

 

　　Italy's new coalition⁴ government has been sworn in two months after an inconclusive general election. The ceremony was marred⁵ however by a gun man as the inauguration⁶ was taking place. The BBC's Bethany Bell reports two police officers were shot and wounded outside the prime minister's office.

 

　　Italian police have told the BBC it isn't clear if there is any connection between the shootings and the swearing in of the new government. The incident took place some distance across town, from where the swear in ceremony was taking place. Police have arrested a man who they say may have mental problems. It's a somber⁷ start Italy's new government. The new

 

　　Prime Minister Enrico Letta

 

　　from the center-left, has formed an awkward political alliance, with Silvio Berlusconi center-right party. Mr. Berlusconi isn't part of the new cabinet, but one of his closest allies is deputy prime minister.

 

　　The BBC's Bethany Bell.

 

　　Southern California is struggling with an earlier arrival of the wild fire season which usually begins in August after a long hot summer. As Danielle Karson reports, the dry conditions have kept fire fighters busy responding to almost 700 wild fires so far this year.

 

　　Los Angeles has seen just over five inches of rain so far this year, normally it's 14. That's left normally green hill sites brown and turn to dry. William

 

　　Patzert

 

　　, a climatologist with the Jet

 

　　Propulsion Laboratory

 

　　, says the combination of dry heat and strong winds, create the ideal conditions for wild fires.

 

　　When the situation is so in sandy area as we see it today, and we get a nice strong sun at there for a few days or as long as a week then we're in deep trouble.

 

　　Humans cause most wild fires which means they're preventable. So officials urge people to make sure their camp fires, or cigarettes are fully⁸ extinguished. Meanwhile forecasters say it's unlikely southern California will get much rain before the fall. For NPR News, I'm Danielle Karson in Los Angeles.

 

　　The chairman of the

 

　　House Homeland Security Committee

 

　　says he believes the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out the attack. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, representative Mike McCaul says it's too soon to rule out foreign terrorist links.

 

　　Right out of the box, U.S. officials anonymously⁹ are saying there's no foreign connection to this case when in fact the FBI just began its investigation¹⁰

 

　　Officials say homemade bombs built from pressure cookers had been used by militants¹¹ in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. This is NPR News.

 

　　Dozens of air shows that bringing millions of dollars for local communities are being cancelled this year. And military has grounded its jet teams because of the automatic federal spending cuts implemented¹² this spring.

 

　　The U.S. navy's Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Forces' Thunder Birds have cancelled their seasons a

 

　　long with the U.S. army parachute team. The arm services have also grounded smaller demonstration¹³ teams and won't provide ground displace for more shows.

 

　　On Monday, new episodes of All My Children, and One Life to Live will be available online. The two legendary¹⁴ soap operas aired for more than four decades on broadcast TV until they were cancelled two years ago, now they will be on Hulu and iTunes. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

 

　　Turns out there is more than One Life to Live when your daytime drama.

 

　　"...am I just a good father ?"

 

　　New episodes of One Life to Live and All My Children will now be produced by a company that took a big risk reviving them as web only series. The question is whether the millions of older viewers who watched them when they were on broadcast TV will find them on Hulu or iTunes.

 

　　How could you even ask me a question like that?

 

　　Elizabeth Blair NPR News.

 

　　Regaining¹⁵ 20 million dollars in its debut¹⁶, Pain and Gain, lands the top spot at the box office this weekend. But Air man III, is looking to knock a door next week. The super hero sequel starring Robert Downey Junior, opens Friday, but it had started overseas. It's already earned more than $195 million in 42 overseas markets.

 

　　I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR NEws, Washington.

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