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1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Louise Schiavone.Republican voters in Louisiana on the partys field of presidential hopefuls today. Hopes are high in Rick Santorums campaign after Mitt Romney crashed opponents in Illinois. NPRs Don Gonyea is in Lafayette, Louisiana for the vote, he reports that desp

2、ite very good weather so far voter turnout has been low. Speaking to voters there, Gonyea has learned that even though their candidate is behind in delegates. Santorum supporters believe that he can run and win against Barack Obama in November.They say Romney has not wrapped up the nomination yet. S

3、o they are voting for Santorum out of a conviction and person after person has told me that, that Santorum is the guy who is better equipped to take on Barak Obama, President Obama in the fall. Thats what I am hearing over and over, they dont quite when he could be the delegate just yet. NPRs Don Go

4、nyea reporting from Lafayette, Louisiana.A few hours from now, President Obama will land in Seoul, South Korea for an international summit on nuclear security. NPRs David Schaper has more.The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit is focused on taking steps to better protect nuclear materials and facilities

5、and preventing them from falling to the wrong hands. Michael OHanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution says he doubts the summit will produce any kind of historic new doctrine. The goal, he says, is to get about a dozen countries to make specific promises about how they will reduce nucle

6、ar danger.Tough, Obama is going to a summit, a half way around the world where he is really sort of playing small ball in the way. But its absolutely crucial small ball for the safety of the planet.OHanlon says it is also no accident that the summit is being held in South Korea, even though North Ko

7、reas nuclear program is not specifically on the summit agenda. David Schaper, NPR News.The former CEO of the commodities broker MF Global is denying that he directed the misuse of client money before the firm filed for bankruptcy last fall. From member station WNYC, Ilya Marritz reports Jon Corzines

8、 statements contradict a new surfaced e-mail from one of his former employees.The e-mail was obtained by a House committee which is called the staffer Edith OBrien to testify next week. A snipped from this message seems to say that Jon Corzine personally directed the withdrawal of 200 million dollar

9、s from the accounts of MF Global customers in the firms final days. Securitys laws require that customer money be held separately from other accounts, but more than a billion dollars of MF Global clients cash is still considered missing. Corzine through an attorney says he never gave any instruction

10、 to misuse customer funds. For NPR News, Im Ilya Marritz in New York.The people of Mexico are giving Pope Benedict an emotional welcome. He says he is praying for all in need. This is NPR News.Across the nation, thousands continue to rally to the cause of Trayvon Martin, the Sanford Florida teenager

11、 who died in scuffle with a neighborhood watch volunteer. That teenager, George Zimmerman has acknowledged firing his gun, and his lawyer says he was in self-defense. The black teenager was not armed and the Justice Department is investigating. Meanwhile, Indiana researchers say they have found that

12、 if the individual is holding a gun in some cases he may have a higher expectation that another person is too. Sean Beuter of member station WBOI in Fort Wayne, Indiana explains.The study asked subjects to look at multiple photos of people holding everyday objects and identify whether or not there w

13、as a gun in the picture. They were asked to do this once, while holding a neutralized object and again while holding a gun turns out respondents holding a gun had a significantly higher intendancy to perceive guns in the test photos, even if no weapon was present. Purdue psychology professor Jessica

14、 Witt says the results are disconcerting. He says most of the time, human perception works just fine.When it doesnt work or its supposed to at a case from misperception of the environment, then some horrible things can happen.The research will appear in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Experimen

15、tal Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. For NPR News, Im Sean Beuter, Fort Wayne, Indiana.A large fishing vessel has been spotted adrift in the Pacific off the coast of British Columbia. Authorities say its from Japan and likely swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan last year. It

16、s believed no one is on board and there are fears it could pose a navigational hazard.Im Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington. 这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻,我是露易丝斯旺。在路易斯安那州的共和党总统候选人投票者们今天应该感到充满希望。米特罗姆尼在伊利诺斯州击败对手对手后里克桑托姆的竞选之路开始充满希望。NPR新闻的堂葛亚娜在路易斯安那州的拉斐特见证了投票过程,他报道称尽管有很好的天气但到目前为止投票率却极低。葛亚娜已经了解到尽管候选人落后于代表,但桑托姆的支持者相信他

17、能领跑并最终在11月赢得巴拉克奥巴马。他们称罗姆尼还没有被提名,所以他们投票给桑托姆，并确实的告诉我,他们认为桑托姆可以更好的迎接奥巴马,奥巴马总统在那时候肯定会准备妥当。那是我一次又一次听到的,他们还不太确定代表这一问题。NPR新闻，堂葛亚娜，路易斯安那州报道。从现在开始几个小时,奥巴马总统将会参加韩国首尔国际核安全峰会。NPR新闻的大卫斯卡普有这方面更多的报道。首尔核安全峰会集中在采取措施更好地保护核材料和设备及阻止它们落入错误人员之手。布鲁金斯研究所的高级研究员迈克尔艾伦质疑这次峰会将产生任何一种历史性的新教条。他表示最终的目标是让大约十几个国家做出如何具体降低核危险的承诺。奥巴马在即将

18、举行的峰会上举步维艰，他真的是不适合这种场面。但这对于我们居住的行星安全非常重要。艾伦称正在韩国举行的峰会没有意外,尽管北韩核计划没有明确的提上峰会议事日程。NPR新闻,大卫斯卡普报道。这位前首席执行官否认去年秋天在公司申请破产前滥用客户资金。NPR新闻的艾莉亚玛丽特报道从一名老员工的邮件中发现了些许与之矛盾的端倪。电子邮件由众议院委员会称为艾迪伯顿的工作人员获取。这个信息可以断定约翰科兹亲自指挥在公司的最后时日从全球客户账户市场中抽走2亿美元。安全律法要求客户资金分别存储于其他帐户,但仍有超过十亿美元的客户现金仍然被认为失踪。科兹通过一名律师表示他从不滥用客户资金。NPR新闻, 艾莉亚玛丽特

19、，纽约报道。墨西哥的人们热烈欢迎罗马教皇本尼迪克特。他表示自己是为了大家的需要而进行祷告。这里是NPR新闻。在全国范围内,成千上万的人继续反对塔拉维马丁,这位佛罗里达桑福德的少年死于乱斗之中，而邻居则充当看客。那个少年,乔治泽曼承认自己开枪,但他的律师称他是自卫。黑人青年称没有武器而相关司法部门正在介入调查此事。与此同时,印地安那州的研究人员称他们发现,如果个人持枪械在某些情况下他会有更高的期望,另一个人也是。NPR新闻，肖恩伯特会解释这一情况。研究要求人员看多张人们拿着日常物体的照片来识别是否有一把枪在这幅画面中。他们已经被要求去做了一次,同时拿着一个中立的物体,同时又手持枪械，原来即使没有武器在场,受访者手持枪械会更明显感知枪械试验照片。普渡大学心理学教授洁西卡德威特称结果令人不安。他表示大多数的时间,人类感知良好。当它没有效果的时候,或者应该是处于崩溃的一个案例环境,一些可怕的事情将会发生。这一研究将会出现在即将出版的实验心理学期刊:人类感知和表象。NPR新闻,肖恩伯特,印第安纳报道。一艘大型捕鱼船已被发现在漂流在太平洋沿岸的英属哥伦比亚。有关当局估计来自日本并可能是去年海啸破坏带来的结果。相信没有人在船上,人们担心这可能会对导航产生危害。我是露易丝斯旺，这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻。