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A bleak forecast for social security, the government says today the trust funds that support the program will run dry in 2033. And Medicare’s hospital insurance fund is forecasted to run out of money even sooner in 2024.

President Obama will do tomorrow what everyone thought he’d already done, lock up the Democratic nomination. NPR’s Peter Overby says five states hold primaries and that will give him a majority of the convention delegates.

It’s not that Obama was unopposed for the nomination, just unopposed by any viable candidates. Federal record lists 38 other declared democratic candidates, but only one left demark(区分). Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry polled 18%, in Oklahoma’s primary. Even then the state party said he wasn’t a * democrat, so he didn’t win any delegates. Four years ago, Mr. Obama didn’t nail down the nomination till the last day of primaries. The candidate he beat then is now his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Peter Overby, NPR news, Washington.

If Mitt Romney knows exactly who he wants on his republican presidential ticket, he is not saying.

"I don’t think I have any comments on the qualifications for individuals to serve in various positions in government this stage. That’s something that we are going to be considering down the road as we consider various potential, a vice presidential nominees.”

Well some might say one hint of running mate is Marco Rubio, the freshman Florida senator campaigning today with the presumptive GOP nominee in Austin Pennsylvania.

Jennifer Hudson has given emotional testimony in the trial of his estranged brother-in-law, William Balfour. He is accused of killing the Oscar winner‘s mother, brother and nephew four years ago. Hudson was the first witness to take the stand. NPR’s Cheryl Corley reports the judge earlier instructed juries to decide the case solely on testimony and not sympathy for Hudson.

Prosecutors say it was a gift balloon that sent Jennifer Hudson’s then brother-in-law into such a jealous rage that he shot her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew to death. William Balfour was estranged from his then wife Julia Hudson, Jennifer Hudson’s sister and court records indicate Balfour had issued several threats against his wife and her family when he learned his wife was dating another man. The couple’s divorce was finalized last year. Balfour claims he wasn’t anywhere near the Hudson family home when the killings occurred in October 2008. Jennifer Hudson has vowed to attend every day of the trial which is expected to last about a month. Cheryl Corley, NPR news, Chicago.

The Sanford Florida police chief, strongly criticized for his department’s handling of the Trayvon Martin case, has formally resigned. Bill Lee announced his departure just hours after the teen shooter, George Zimmerman was released on 150,000 dollars bailout.

At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was down 119 points. This is NPR news.

A forensic(法庭的) team looking for clues in a more than three decade old missing child’s case are analyzing what they’ve gathered in the excavation site of Manhattan building today. They finished digging up the basement where they were searching for any signs of human remains that could belong to Etan Patz. The 6-year-old vanished in May 1979, on his way to school. His disappearance captured national attention, and changed parents’ attitudes about letting their children at alone.

A spring snow storm is moving into Buffalo, New York. From member station WBFO, Ellyn Barkly reports, much of the region is under a winter storm warning through early tomorrow.

Forecasters are predicting an inch of snow per hour. Less than a foot snow could accumulate in the city of Buffalo. But well south of the city up 16 inches is expected. The biggest concern with the spring time storm is heavy wet snows. With some trees already in bloom, heavy snows could snap trainings and power lines, causing wide spread power outages. The national weather service in Buffalo says it already received a few reports from rural areas of some down trees and power lines. Buffalo, like much of the nation experiences a mild winter with little snowfall, but if the storm packs a punch, it could make the record books for high snow fall amounts with month April. For NPR news, I’m Ellyn Barkly in Buffalo.

Investors renewed fears over Europe’s financial situation certainly win on US stocks today. Dow is down 121 points, nearly 1% of 12,908; Nasdaq down 1%; S&P500 also down nearly 1%.

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