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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-28

Ferguson is in flames Tuesday as protesters took to the streets after the annoucement that a grand jury declined to indict white officer Darren Wilson in the death of 18-year-old black teenager Michael Brown. Police say at least 12 buildings were bur

AP 2010-12-22

1. President Barack Obama signs a tax bill, heading off a tax hike that would have hit all Americans after the first of the year. But Labor leaders and some Democrats do not like it, saying the legislation came at a price. 2. WikiLeaks founder Julian

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1. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area just before noon local time. The quake was centered in San Bernardino County, about 29 miles east-southeast of downtown LA. It was felt to the south in San Diego and it was also slightly fel

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-2

1. Texas officials say the teen affluenza case has been caught in Mexico. He's been caught and pledge guilty for killing four people in a drunken-driving accident in 2013. His lawyer planed affluenza meaning he was responsible becuse his whealthy /.

Musharraf Charged in Bhutto Killing

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been formally indicted on murder charges in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhotto was killed in a suicide attack in December 2007 following an election rally

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NPR 2009-03-07

The news that employer slashed another 651,000 jobs last month coupled with an unemployment rate that is now above 8% shows an economy firmly in the grip of recession. The unemployment rate which rose at 8. 1% in February is the highest it's been in

NPR 2009-02-10

President Obama continues to press Congress aggressively to pass his economic stimulus plan. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. With an increasingly aggressive tone toward his Republican opponents in Congress, President Obama is using every tool in his kit

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HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP

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The morning after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the country awoke Tuesday to learn that about two dozen buildings had burned in Ferguson, Mo., during a chaotic

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And now for more on the special counsel's investigation into the president for possible obstruction of justice, we are joined by Carrie Johnson. She's the justice correspondent for NPR. Carrie, welcome back to the program. Happy to be here. First of

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法律实用英语单词

如果不小心触犯了法律，这些单词还是有帮助的 adjourn：延期再审 alibi：不在现场证明 appeal：上诉 appear (in court)：出庭 bailiff：庭丁，(法庭)警卫 by-law：条例，细则 clause：法律条款 defendant：被告 dismerit(traffic offense point)：（交通违规记）缺点 d

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新GRE词汇在整个考试中是最基础的部分，只有将词汇掌握好才能顺利答题。但是GRE词汇却并不是那么容易记住的，要想顺利拿下GRE考试，就需要掌握一定的技巧方法。下面为大家介绍运用词根