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"When we came to wipe out in the wind, you get those look like just fire does double. You know they're just like round, you know, funnels³ as come out the Canyon⁴. You know, I don't care who we are, how tough you are, that gonna make you hard to keep a breath or more."

Latest fire broke out just hours after a crew is reportedly making some progress in containing another fire that scorched⁵ more than 1,500 acres in and round Santiago. Forecasts say the hot dry wind is expected to continue through tonight. 

 

President Obama is announcing a plan to speed up federal permitting for building bridges and highways and for other infrastructure⁶ work. NPR's Craig Windham reports, president was speeding a New York aging Tappan Zee Bridge which has been replaced. 

The president says the staff they're taking well accelerant infrastructure projects. 

"We're cutting bureaucratic⁷ red tape to store good projects from breaking ground. We're launching a new national permitting sentence to implementing⁸ this reforms."

President says road, bridge and port projects create jobs and help to attract business to the US. 

"The alternative is to do nothing and watch business go to places that haven't our standing⁹ projects."

The initiative is a part of president's push to get lawmakers to replenish¹⁰ the highway trust fund which pays for road's repair and construction. 

"If they don't act by the end of the summer, federal funding for transportation projects will run out."

Craig Windham, NPR News.

 

Citigroup says it's fired 11 people of its Mexican subsidiary because of its accounting¹¹ fraud scandal. NPR's Jim Zarroli says those fires include 4 manager directors. 

The news came as a memo¹² to Citigroup employees from CEO Michael Corbat. The company says employees were fired because they failed to do enough to prevent the fraud. In Mexican, oil service company is under investigation¹³ for obtaining more than 400 million dollars in illegal loans from Citigroup subsidiary, Banamex. The company allegedly used faking voices to obtain the loans. One Banamex employee directly involving the lending was fired in February. After an internal investigation, the bank is now deciding to fire 11 more, and the Citigroup says more people could be let go as the investigation progresses. Jim Zarroli, NPR News, New York. 

 

Government says its producer price index as the cost of goods and services before they reached consumers rose by the biggest diminish in 7 months in April , up 0.7%. 

 

A down day on Wall Street. The Dow dropped 101 points to close at 17,613; the NASDAQ was down 29 points; the S&P 500 lost 8 points today. 

 

You're listening to NPR News in Washington. 

 

US is now confirming its use of surveillance drone in the search of nearly 300 Nigerian school girls who abducted¹⁴ by Islamic extreme group Boko Haram. Senior US official confirming at least one global hub surveillance drone is involving in the operation to find the girls as well as men surveillance the plane. Pentagon spokesman says about 300 US marine is moving toward a neighbor station in @@ in response to growing unrest in Africa. 

 

World Health Organization is stopping a shortage of calamitous¹⁵ middle east respiratory symptom or MERS as an international public health emergency. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports WHO is being cautious despite the recent spice cases of potential lethal¹⁷ disease. 

The WHO today called for aggressive and effective control measures particularly in hospitals to contain abruptly¹⁸ escalating¹⁹ MERS outbreak. MERS has sickened almost 600 people and caused 171 death since it was first identified in 2012. The epicenter of the outbreak is Saudi Arabia, but over the last week the US confirmed its first 2 cases. Both patients are Saudi health workers who recently flew into the country. Many, the latest merge¹⁶ infection and MERS, patients and staff from hospitals in the Middle East. The WHO today said an improving infection control and hospital both in Saudi Arabian Peninsula and elsewhere is the most important step right now in containing the outbreak. Jason Beaubien, NPR News, Washington. 

 

Build its ultimate geek accessory, you can app cope you own set of Google glasses. but you got a spare 1,500 dollars, burning a hole in your package. The San Francisco-based company announces its again selling the internet connected eyewear to everyone in the US as it continues to work to find twined advice. Google emphasizes the practical remains²⁰ in the test stage, says glasses are available on its website. 

 

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