美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-05_在线英语听力室

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1. Same sex marriage is now legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island. Both states began issuing marriage licenses¹ on Thursday.

2. Ariel Castro goes to court in Cleveland on Thursday, to be sentenced for kidnapping three women, raping² them and holding them hostage for a decade. Castro is expected to get life in prison plus 1,000 years.

3. A lightning strike in Fort Carson, Colorado injured 12 soldiers, one critically. The Army says lightning struck as the soldiers were heading home from a training exercise to a shelter.

4. And a bill to cut the interest rates of new student loans is going to President Obama for his signature. The bipartisan measure ties the rates of Stafford loans to stock market performance.

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1 licenses
n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。来自辞典例句

2 raping
v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸
参考例句：
In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。来自《简明英汉词典》 The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。来自互联网

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-05