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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.

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 not to enroll will have to pay a fine. Back in 2011, over 18 million of these young adults were not insured for health care.

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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fatal overdoses from prescription painkillers more than tripled from 1991 to 2007.

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 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.

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.