美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-06（在线收听）

Americans will soon be able to sign up to buy health care coverage in new government-run exchanges. And President Barack Obama says as the day draws near, Republicans are getting "more desparate" in trying to block the law they call "Obamacare."

A former Montana high school teacher is out of prison after serving a 30-day sentence for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. The judge who sentenced Stacey Rambold drew outrage for comments that he made that appeared to pin some of the blame on the victim who had killed herself before Rambold went to trial.

And displaced elephants now have a new place to call home at the newly opened National Elephant Center in Fellsmere, Florida. 4 African elephants from Disney's Animal Kindom have taken up temporary residence in the unique 200-acre facility.

Rita Foley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.