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Texas Republicans and Democrats¹ picked their candidates for this November's first primary elections. Democrats have selected Wendy Davis while Republicans picked Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Twenty journalists, including some Al Jazeera employees, are on trial in Egypt. They are accused of belonging to and aiding a terrorist organization for their coverage² of the Muslim Brotherhood³.

Nineteen passengers rescued from a Canadian navy ship that caught fire last week thanked the U.S. Navy with 3 big cheers Tuesday. The U.S. destroyer Michael Murphy brought them safe and sound to Hawaii's Pearl Harbor after being stranded⁴ at sea for days.

Two New York City performance artisits have turned themselves into a human hamsters for 10 days. They hope to illustrate⁵ people's interdependence by coordinating⁶ their every movement while living on giant wooden hamster wheel.

Salim Essaid, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 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》

2 coverage
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
参考例句：
There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。 This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

3 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
参考例句：
They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。 They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

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 illustrate
v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图
参考例句：
The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。 This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。

6 coordinating
v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等
参考例句：
He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。来自辞典例句 He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？来自电影对白

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-03-09