1.Fire at the Eisenhower Executive Office building next door to the White House. It appeared smoke came from an electrical closet on the second floor. Vice President Cheney's ceremonial office was damaged by smoke and water. 2.The government is capp

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1. Iran is bowing to international pressure and vowing it will let the UN nuclear agency inspect its newly revealed unfinished uranium enrichment facility. Word of the plan has outraged leaders across the globe. However, Iran says it has done nothin

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Excitement and apprehension in Scotland Thursday as voters cast their ballots in the divisive and potentially historical referendum on independence from England. The result is expected on Friday morning. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko asked a j

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U.S. Condemns Continued Violence in Nicaragua The United States condemns the Nicaraguan government's violent response to peaceful Mother's Day marches in Managua and other cities on May 30, including assaults on mothers mourning their children killed

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1. A judge has scheduled John Mark Karr's first Colorado court appearance for Monday. The JonBenet Ramsey slay ing suspect is currently being held at the Boulder County jail. 2. Former President Geral

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1. Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has died. An activist in her own right, she created the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change,

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1. A scan of Ariel Sharon's brain shows improvement. Doctors will start bringing the Israeli prime minister out of his medically induced coma Monday. 2. Congressman Tom DeLay steps down as House major

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As former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appears before an inquiry into the war in Iraq, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside in a public display of anger over Britain's role in the war. Chants of war criminal echoed through London's streets,

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March 29th, 1951 - In New York, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. They die in the electric chair two years later, the first American civilians to be executed fo

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August 31, 1997A tragedy that sparks mass public grief around the world. Britains Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris. She was 36 years old. Also killed in the crash, Dodi Al Fayed, Dianas boyfriend and the cars driver Henri Paul, bodygu

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August 10th, 1977Accused Son of Sam, serial killer David Berkowitz is arrested in Yonkers New York. The 24-year-old postal worker is wanted for slaying six people and wounding seven others in nearby New York City. John Keenan is Chief of Detectives f

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March 29th, 1951, In New York, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. They die in the electric chair two years later, the first American civilians to be executed for

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1. The tearful family and friends of slain US Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie attended funeral services for him today. Ivie's death is believed to be the result of friendly fire. A second surviving agent was also shot. 2. President Barack Obama's ca

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This is AP News Minute. The Pentagon confirms that U.S. Central Command's Twitter and Youtube sites were hacked Monday. The hackers claiming to be working on behalf of Islamic State militants. American and coalition fighters have been targeting the g

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U.S. President Barack Obama is leading the nation in honoring the life and legacy of the slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. In a church where Martin Luther King preached more than 50 years ago, President Obama talked about the past, t

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This is AP News Minute. Time magazine has named 4 journalists and a newspaper as its 2018 Person of the Year for standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence. The group, which Time calls the guardians includes slain Saudi journal

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On the evening of the 10th of August, 1589, there was a wedding feast in one of the splendid mansions of the stately city. 1589年8月10日夜,在这个伟大城市的一座富丽堂皇的大厦里正举办一场婚宴。 The festivities were prolo

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Election officials are counting the votes in Pakistan after a key parliamentary election designed to restore democracy following eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf. 为了使被穆沙拉夫总统领导的军人政府统治了

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今天我们要学的词是 well-wisher. Well-wisher 名词,祝福者。The family of an American who was killed in last week's attack in London thanked well-wishers for their generosity. 在上星期伦敦恐怖袭击中遇害的一个美国人的家

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By Mike Cooper Atlanta 04 April 2008 The assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered on Friday in the southeastern United States -- where he was born and preached and where he was shot dead 40 years ago. Mike Cooper reports from t

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