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A deadline set by Islamic State Militants¹ has passed and there’s no word on the fate of a Jordanian pilot or his fellow hostage, a Japanese journalist. The militants had threatened to kill the airman at sunset unless an al-Qaida prisoner was freed from death row in Jordan.

A gas truck exploded in a Mexico City shattering a maternity² and children’s hospital. At least two people were killed and dozens injured. Officials believed the blast was caused by a leak in the truck’s hose.

Opening statements began Thursday in the high profile murder trial of former New England Patriots³ player Aaron Hernandez. Prosecutors⁴ say Hernandez orchestrated the killing⁵ of semiprofessional football player Odin Lloyd then covered it up.

And Senator John McCain has some choice words for anti-war protestors demonstrating during a budget hearing. “Get out of here you low-life scum” The code pink protestors were heckling former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger which let McCain to lash⁶ out the group and have been removed from the room.

Kelly Daschle, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 maternity
n.母性，母道，妇产科病房；adj.孕妇的，母性的
参考例句：
Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。 Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

3 patriots
爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。 These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

4 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

5 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 lash
v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛
参考例句：
He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。 With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-3