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　　1.Lawmakers are pressing Attorney General Eric Holder¹ about subpoenas² of Associated Press phone records. Holder told Congress that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering³ of records.

　　2.House Speaker John Boehner is asking "who's going to jail" over the IRS scandal. The government agency is accused of targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny⁴ of their applications for tax-exempt status.

　　3.O.J.Simpson testifies as part of his bid for a new trial on his robbery and kidnapping conviction. Simpson says he wasn't properly represented by his trial attorney at the 2008 trial.

　　4.And check out this view of the nation's capital. Video captured from the helmet of a worker shows the scaffolding being topped off at the Washington Monument. The landmark⁵ was dmaged almost 2 years ago in an earthquake.

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1 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

2 subpoenas
n.（传唤出庭的）传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。来自辞典例句 Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。来自互联网

3 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 scrutiny
n.详细检查，仔细观察
参考例句：
His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。 Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

5 landmark
n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标
参考例句：
The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。 The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-19