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A US official says federal investigators¹ have connected the Sony Pictures hacking² to North Korea. North Korea denies involvement. It’s described the hacking attack as a righteous deed,after Sony produced a movie about a fictional³ plot to assassinate⁴ that country’s leader.

The three remaining members ofthe “Cuban Five” intelligence group return to Cuba. They had been jailed in Florida, and were released as the US and Cuba announced a sudden thaw⁵ indiplomatic relations.

Authorities are searching incentral Texas for a man who shot a TV news meteorologist on Wednesday morning.Patrick Crawford is hospitalized with wounds to the shoulder and abdomen⁶.

And India successfully launchesa rocket. That’s described as taking that country a step closer to sending astronauts into space.

Sandy Kozel，the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。 We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

3 fictional
adj.小说的，虚构的
参考例句：
The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。 The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

4 assassinate
vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤
参考例句：
The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。 A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

5 thaw
v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和
参考例句：
The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。 The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。

6 abdomen
n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)
参考例句：
How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？ He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-23