AP 2011-11-23

1. The Republican co-chair of Congress' debt supercommittee says chances are slim that the panel can agree on a plan to reduce spending by $1.2 trillion over ten years. The committee faces a Wednesday deadline. 2. Egyptian doctors say three people ha

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This is AP News Minute. The holiday shopping season is underway as shoppers celebrate Black Friday by rushing into stores searching for bargins. The nation's largest retail group says it expects holiday sales to be up 3.6 percent for November and Dec

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AP 2011-09-08

1. A woman and her baby daughter have died in the wild fires that have spread across parts of Texas. Thousands of acres are burned in the eastern and central parts of the state. Officials say the flames were propelled by high winds from tropical stor

AP 2011-11-09

1. The US Geological Survey has recorded ten aftershocks following a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma. There were reports of building cracks and other damage but no injuries. 2. The head of Connecticut's largest utility says it will get close to

AP 2010-03-01

1. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the government will pursue questions about the electronics on Toyotas that could potentially have sudden and dangerous acceleration. The head of Toyota sales in US testified yesterday about recent Toyota re

AP 2012-03-08

1. President Barack Obama is meeting with Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two met for several hours at the White House with Iran's nuclear program being a major discussion point. Netanyahu said Israel is a sovereign nation with the rig

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1. 911 calls from the Sandy Hook school shooting were made public today following a court order sought by the Associated Press. Dispatchers asked about the safety of the children and urged panicked callers to take cover as gunshots are heard in the b

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-20

1. A high-flying surprise as a one-person helicopter landed on the lawn of the US Capitol Wednesday afternoon. Police immediately took the pilot into custody and shut down area street. 2. The jury found former NFL star Aaron Hernandez guilty of first

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-09-08

1. Austria police said the number of refugees migrant try to enter the country from neighbor Hungary was difficult to deal with. The refugees continue to abord buses near the Hungary border with Austria. Following several European leaders to take on

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This is AP news minute An Indian nation transport _ crashed that would _ neighborhood in the Indian nation third large city, _ report said twenty people are dead. A fisher _ riding a high speed _ set up on fire, the man along with another passenger d

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-7-01

This is AP News minute.1. The surviving escaped convict from upstate New York is listed in critical condition. David Sweet was shot and captured closed to the Canadian border Sunday. 2. A massive wild fire is growing larger than 2.5 square miles in ce

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This is AP News Minute. 1. Authorities in Indonesia say they arent sure any survived a plane crash in a remote mountainous area. 54 people were on board the plane that crashed in the eastern part of the country. 2. Calmer weather is helping firefight

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AP 2011-09-13

Additional evacuation has been ordered as the remanents of tropical storm Lee send the Susquehanna river near record levels. Everyone in the small town in Maryland has been ordered to leave as along with tens of thousands of people in central NY and

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1.A US vessel seized by pirates off Somalia is now back in the hands of the crew after they retook control of the ship. But one person aboard the ship reached by satellite phone tells the AP the pirates are holding the captain hostage in a lifeboat.

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This is AP news minute. 1. Friday is inauguration day as Donald Trump takes the oath of office and becomes president. Trump addressed supporters on Thursday night on the steps of Lincoln memorial. 2. The Mexican drug kingpin known as El Chapo is due

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