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Shiori StraussMedia Performance
WKNJ Newscast
Good afternoon (EXCITEDLY), its Monday, October 28, 2013 at five
o clock and
youre listening to the New WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and Im
Shiori Strauss with
the news.
In International News If youre worried about nuclear
reactors
The British government has announced plans to build two new
nuclear reactors in
southwest England. Theyll cost nearly 26 billion dollars. The
deal is the since Japan's
Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. And the first new British
nuclear power station in
two decades. A French Firm will have a leading interest in this
project and along with a
couple of Chinese firms. Its expected to come online in ten
years. And, they should be
able to power seven million homes.
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In National news
There's a group of Americans who've been dubbed the Young
Invincibles. They're not,
of course. But they are young, healthy. And the people the
administration needs to buy
health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Sales of new
health insurance exchanges
opened October 1st. And officials want at least 2.7 million in
the 18 to 35-age range to
keep insurance rates low. The president and Hollywood stars have
made special appeals
to this group, nicely reminding them that those who choose notto
enroll will have to pay
a fine. Back in 2011, over 18 million of these young adults were
notinsured for health
care.
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Although it might seem like the only dangerous drugs are the
illegal ones
In New York, deaths due to painkiller overdose strike the Middle
Class. Drug overdoses
are usually thought to afflict mainly the poor and troubled. But
it looks like OxyContin
and other opioid(OH-PEE-OID) painkillers are changing the
picture. One finds that
people in stable, middle-class neighborhoods are also dying from
these drugs. They have
become among the most popular drugs of abuse in the past decade,
with deaths from
oxycodone, hydrocodone and codeine eclipsing those from heroin
and cocaine combined.
According to the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention,
fatal overdoses from
prescription painkillers more than tripled from 1991 to
2007.
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In Sports
On Saturday night The Boston Red Sox clinched the American
League pennant during a
5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 of the American League
Championship Series.
That means the World Series matchup is set: It'll be the Red Sox
vs. the St. Louis
Cardinals beginning Wednesday in Boston. The Sox have redeemed
themselves this year.
Last season, they ended in last placewith only 69 wins; this
season, they clinched the
American League East with 97 wins, tying with the Cards for the
best season in baseball.
This will be the first time since the Braves and Yankees played
in 1999that league win
leaders will face off in the World Series.
Thats it for your news. Youre listening to the New WKNJ 90.3 FM,
Union, New Jersey.
Im Shiori Strauss and well be right back after this.
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