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1. President Barack Obama told union workers in Ohio that Mitt¹ Romney would guide the nation to a losing season. Obama used the Labor² Day appearance to respond Romney's recent speech in which he told voters that it's time for American to get a new coach.

2. Officials say more than 100,000 customers are still without electricity in the wake of hurricane Isaac. Most of the outages are in Louisiana, but some Mississippi and Arkansas residents are also without power. And flooding remains³ a problem in low-lying areas.

3. Police say a grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving his Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street. The 27-year-old heir was taken in for questioning after traces of oil reportedly led officers to his family's gated estate.

4. Experts says they are cautiously optimistic about five pilot whales that survived being stranded⁴ on a Florida beech⁵. The whales which are being treated at Florida Atlantic University are showing signs of stress and infection, but they are said to be swimming on their own.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

5 beech
n.山毛榉；adj.山毛榉的
参考例句：
Autumn is the time to see the beech woods in all their glory.秋天是观赏山毛榉林的最佳时期。 Exasperated,he leaped the stream,and strode towards beech clump.他满腔恼怒，跳过小河，大踏步向毛榉林子走去。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-06