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Texas teen Ethan Couch was found in Mexico with his mother after fleeing the US while on probation¹ for killing² 4 people in a drunk driving wreck³. Couch's lawyers invoked⁴ an "affluenza" defense⁵ during court proceedings⁶, claiming the teen was coddled into a sense of irresponsibility for the crime.

A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teen Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Jason Van Dyke⁷ faces 6 counts of first degree murder in the 17-year-old's death. His next hearing is set for January 29th.

US Defense officials say that considerable success was made in Ramadi after Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants⁸ out of the city center. The Iraqi flag was flown over the government complex in the city. Military officials say the clearance⁹ is a significant milestone¹⁰ for the fight against the Islamic State.

And one Hawaiian had a close call with President Obama's security detail after flying a drone near Obama's motorcade. The man was unaware¹¹ the motorcade would be traveling through the area, Obama was on his way to a round of golf.

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1 probation
n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)
参考例句：
The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。 His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

2 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。

3 wreck
n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难
参考例句：
Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。 No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

4 invoked
v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求
参考例句：
It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。 She had invoked the law in her own defence. 她援引法律为自己辩护。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 proceedings
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
参考例句：
He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。 to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

7 dyke
n.堤，水坝，排水沟
参考例句：
If one sheep leap over the dyke,all the rest will follow.一只羊跳过沟，其余的羊也跟着跳。 One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。

8 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。

9 clearance
n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理
参考例句：
There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。 The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

10 milestone
n.里程碑；划时代的事件
参考例句：
The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。 I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

11 unaware
a.不知道的，未意识到的
参考例句：
They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。 I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-3