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1. House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are willing to extend the government¡¯s ability to borrow money for 6 weeks. But he says President Barack Obama must agree to negotiate over ending the partial government shutdown and reducing budget deficit¹. Obama has insisted the shutdown be ended immediately with no conditions.

2. A tractor-trailer stuck on tracks in west Texas was struck by a train that dragged it by half-mile before coming to a stop. The driver of the rig got out just minutes before the train struck in midland. No one was hurt.

3. In a new report, Ohio officials suggested it is possible Cleveland kidnapper² Arial Castro may have died of autoerotic asphyxiation³, not suicide as originally thought. A report from the Ohio Department Rehabilitation⁴ and Correction also says Castro did not leave a suicide note and multiple levels of assessment⁵ did not find a tendency toward suicide.

4. And instead of a dog, volunteer fire fighters in Tuscaloosa, Alabama have a spotted⁶ Dalmatian chicken as their mascot⁷. She is the 3rd generation. Her grandfather named Allen Junior, previously⁸ helped the department raised nearly 10,000 dollars.

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1 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。 We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

2 kidnapper
n.绑架者，拐骗者
参考例句：
The kidnapper was shot dead then and there by the armed policeman.绑架者被武装警察当时当地击毙。 The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。

3 asphyxiation
n. 窒息
参考例句：
Objective Inquiry into the heavy asphyxiation rescues measure of the new born. 摘要目的探讨新生儿重度窒息抢救的措施。 Self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA) may be required to prevent asphyxiation of rescue personnel. 可能要求有自给式呼吸器(SCBA)，以防止救援人员窒息。

4 rehabilitation
n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位
参考例句：
He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。 No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

5 assessment
n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
参考例句：
This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。 What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

6 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

7 mascot
n.福神，吉祥的东西
参考例句：
The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。 We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。

8 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-15