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The White House held a Cabinet-level meeting to decide whether to cut some of America's $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt due to the escalating¹ violence. Eearlier today, the supreme² leader of the Muslim Brotherhood³ was arrested in Cairo.

The military judge in Bradley Manning's trial says she'll annouce his sentence Wednesday morning. Manning faces up to 90 years in prison for leaking classfied information to Wikileaks in 2010.

Best-selling crime author Elmore Leonard died Tuesday at age 87. Leonard's novels and short stories were turned into dozens of feature film, TV movies, and series.

And President Obama hosted the 1972 Superbowl winning Miami Dolphines at the White House Tuesday, the only NFL team to date that achieved a perfect season.

I'm Jill Craig, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 escalating
v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大
参考例句：
The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。来自《简明英汉词典》 The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。来自辞典例句

2 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
参考例句：
They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。 They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-23