美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-17_在线英语听力室

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　　1.President Barack Obama said the Internal Revenue Service should never be perceived as anything less than neutral. Speaking from the White House Monday, Obama said he will not tolerate political bias¹ at the IRS and promised to get to the bottom. But the agency admitted targetting of conservative group.

　　2.A Colorado judge isn't going to decide right away whether he will allow James Holmes to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity² in last year's deadly movie theater shootings. The judge says he will first consider arguments about the constitutional questions that defences raised concerning Colorado's insanity and death penalty laws.

　　3.O.J.Simpson is back in a Las Vegas courtroom to ask for a new trial on the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008. The former football star is claiming he had a poor legal representation in his first trial.

　　4.And Barbara Walters annouced on "The View" Monday that she will retire from televsion in the summer of 2014. The 83-year-old Walters has appeared in TV since 1961.

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1 bias
n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见
参考例句：
They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。 He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

2 insanity
n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐
参考例句：
In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。 He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-17