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A Navy helicopter crashed off the Virginia coast during a routine training mission, killing¹ one crew member and injuring three. Rescuers are still searching for a fifth person.

The White House pushed back against harsh criticism in Robert Gates' new memoir². The former Defense³ Secretary says President Barack Obama showed too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan. He also sharply critizes Vice⁴ President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts.

Emails and text messages released Wednesday link one of Governor Chris Christie's top aids to a traffic jam in a New Jersey⁵ town that appears to have been engineered as political payback against his mayor. Christie dinies his staff had anything to do with the incident which happened in September. Fort Lee's mayor refused to endorse⁶ Christie's reelection campaign.

And rare conjoined gray whale twins were found dead in a Mexican lagoon⁷. Scientists believe it could be the first ever recorded case.

Maggie mazzetti, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 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。

2 memoir
n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录
参考例句：
He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。 In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

3 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。

4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6 endorse
vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意
参考例句：
No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。 I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

7 lagoon
n.泻湖，咸水湖
参考例句：
The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。 This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-12