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Download MP3 Headlines Large Scale Offensive in Gaza At least twenty-four Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured today as Israeli military forces escalated their large-scale offensive in the northern Gaza Strip. Laila...

Download MP3 Headlines Iraq Update A British hostage in Iraq made an impassioned plea to Prime Minister Blair to help free him on a videotape broadcast today on Al Jazeera. Chained and squatting behind...

Download MP3 Headlines The international price of crude oil went up to 50 US dollars a barrel today. The record breaking prices are partly attributed to conflict in Nigeria over the oil rich Niger...

Download MP3 Headlines The fourth hurricane in 6 weeks ripped thru Florida this past weekend, pushing the US death toll from the disasters to 102 – 15 billion dollars in property damage was done....

Download MP3 Headlines Congress Extends Tax Cuts Congress overwhelmingly approved an extension of the tax cuts touted by George W. Bush.  The total package approved is 300-billion dollars more than originally put out by the...

Download MP3 Headlines Philly Civil Servants Stop City Hall Hundreds of Philadelphia civil servants overran city hall today and shut down the council meeting demanding a fair union contract. Danta Toza files this report...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:58) UN General Assembly Continues — Susan Wood World leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly are condemning the unilateral use of force and calling for the UN to play...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) The largest civil suit in U.S. history begins today, as the Justice Department seeks 280 billion dollars from the tobacco industry. Mitch Jeserich has more. A new organization is highlighting...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:35) At least 300 people are dead after Tropical Storm Jeanne wreaks havoc on the island, according to United Nations and local officials. In the town of Gonaive, floodwaters turned roads...

Download MP3 Headlines (7:07) International observers arrived in the U.S. today funded by a not-for-profit agency, even though Congressional leaders refused to pay for them. Ellen Ratner in D.C. reports. A federal court ruled...