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Refugees from Iraq streaming across the border into Syria as the militant¹ group known as the Islamic State threatens more territory. UN officials say at least 12,000 Yazidis are now gathered at the makeshift camp in Syria.

A chaotic² commute³ in the Philippines Wednesday morning. A commuter⁴ train rammed⁵ through a concrete barrier in Manila, plowing⁶ into cars and injuring scores of passengers.

In New York, officials are calling it the single rainiest day on record for the state. 13 inches of rain fell in the town of Babylon on Long Island Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The storm flooeded homes and stranded⁷ cars on the highway. Dozens of people were rescued from vehicles along flooded roads.

And in Minnesota, politics has gone to the dogs. The tiny village of Cormorant⁸ electing a 7-year-old dog named Duke to the mayor's office. The pup beat out the owner of the town's general store by more than double.

Robert Bumsted, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 militant
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 chaotic
adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的
参考例句：
Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。 The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

3 commute
vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
参考例句：
I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。 Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

4 commuter
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
参考例句：
Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

5 rammed
v.夯实（土等）( ram的过去式和过去分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输
参考例句：
Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。 I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 plowing
v.耕( plow的现在分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过
参考例句：
"There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀，宝贝儿。来自飘（部分） Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后，他一直过着孤独的生活。来自辞典例句

7 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。

8 cormorant
n.鸬鹚，贪婪的人
参考例句：
The cormorant is a large,long-necked,dark-colored bird which lives near sea coasts and eats fish.鸬鹚是一种长脖子黑颜色的大鸟，生活在海滨而且以吃鱼为生。 The exciting cormorant fishing performance is over there.那边有令人刺激的鱼鹰捕鱼表演。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-17