美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-17(在线收听

 1. A battle for energy in the pursuit of the White House. In Iowa, President Obama blasts Mitt Romney for opposing tax supports for wind power. In Ohio, Romney came out in support of coal as a home-grown energy source.

 
 
 
2. An attorney for the family of a gunman in College Station, Texas says he was suffering mental issues. The gunman was killed by police, part of a firefight that killed a constable and one other person.
 
 
 
3. It is unlikely Penn State will lose its accreditation but a warning from a higher ed panel is still serious. The commission says Penn State is on warning after the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
 
 
 
4. In Belgium, a burst of color as some 650,000 flowers cover the main square, creating perhaps the biggest carpet of flowers in the world.
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