美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-03
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(六月)
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1. Officials say a fire is under control after a train derailed outside Baltimore Tuesday. The CSX train carrying chemicals collided with a trash truck in a Baltimore suburb. The truck driver was the only person injured.
2. Iraqi police say bomb attacks in two Baghdad neighborhoods have killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens. More than 500 people have been killed in Iraq since the start of May. This has been deadliest wave of violence since the US military withdrew in 2011.
3. Hurricane Barbara is headed toward Mexico's southern coast. The National Hurricane Center says Barbara's maximum sustained winds are near 75 miles per hour. The storm is expected to make landfall sometime this afternoon.
4. Engineering students at Northwestern University are getting a leg up on the competition. They're learning to swing dance in a class called Whole Body Thinking. School officials say they hope the class enhances student creativity.