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President Barack Obama is on Capitol Hill today trying to reassure¹ fellow Democrats². He said they're on the right side of history on his health care law and immigration reform, key issues heading into next year's elections.

O.J.Simpson has been granted parole on some charges stemming from his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery convictions. Simpson still faces at least 4 more years in prison on sentences that were ordered to run consecutively³.

Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Pakistan for meetings to ease tension over U.S. drone strikes, the war in Afghanistan and the fight against Islamic extremism. The trip was not announced ahead of time because of security concerns.

The National Aquarium⁴ in Baltimore has a new centerpiece exhibit. The 12-and-a-half million dollar project features over 1,000 animals and 3,000 hand-sculpted coral replicas⁵.

I'm Matt Friedman. The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 reassure
v.使放心，使消除疑虑
参考例句：
This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。 The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

2 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 consecutively
adv.连续地
参考例句：
He was actually too depleted to think consecutively about anything. 他已经打不起一点精神，根本谈不上好好思考一下。来自辞典例句 In any game, the right to serve shall pass consecutively. 在一局中，不错的发球挨次应该是。来自互联网

4 aquarium
n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸
参考例句：
The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。 I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

5 replicas
n.复制品( replica的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His hobby is building replicas of cars. 他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品。来自《简明英汉词典》 The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen. 复制是用附着在加强托板上的可熔合金薄膜实现的。来自辞典例句

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-04