Shiori Strauss WKNJ Newscast Transcript (00:00-00:30) Good afternoon (EXCITEDLY), its Monday, October 28, 2013 at eleven

o clock AM and youre listening to the New WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and Im Shiori Strauss with the news.

(00:30-1:00) In International News The British government has announced plans to build two new nuclear reactors in southwest England. The agreement is worth nearly $26 billion. The deal is the first of its kind since Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 and the first new British nuclear power station in two decades. The French Firm EDF will have a leading interest in this project and a couple of Chinese firms will have a combined 30- 40% stake. It is expected to come online in ten years time and they should be able to power seven million homes.

(1:00 -1:30) 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 people the administration needs to buy health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The new health insurance exchanges opened October 1st and officials want at least 2.7 million of the seven million estimated new enrollees to fall inside that 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 not to enroll have to pay a fine. In 2011, over 18 million of these young adults were not insured for health care.

(2:00-2:30) (Human Interest story) Painkiller Overdose Deaths Strike New York City's Middle Class. Drug overdoses are usually thought to afflict mainly the poor and troubled. But it looks like OxyContin and other opioid painkillers are changing the picture. A study in New York City finds that people in stable, middle-class neighborhoods are also dying from opioid overdoses. Opioids have become among the most popular drugs of abuse in the past decade, with deaths from overdoses of oxycodone, hydrocodone and codeine eclipsing those from heroin and cocaine combined. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fatal overdoses from prescription painkillers more than tripled from 1991 to 2007.

(1:30-2:00) In Sports On October 19, 2013 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 place with 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 1999 that league win leaders will face off in the World Series.