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French power and transportation company Alstom SA has agreed to pay 772 million dollars in penalties for bribing¹ foreign countries. The Department of Justice announced the company willplead guilty of violating the foreign corrupt² practices act, in what is poised³ tobe the largest penalty of its type ever assessed.

13 people were run down by a rampaging driver in the French city of Dijon. Authorities say that the attacker was detained and suffered from psychological problems. Some witnesses reported hearing the driver say “Allah is great”.

A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a mentally ill black man in April will not face criminal charges. The district attorney for Milwaukee says Christopher Manney shot Dontre Hamilton in self-defense. Manney says that Hamilton resisted arrest when frisked.

And call it a Christmas miracle for one lucky Aussie. A group of firefighters were handing out candy to local children in Australia when they smelled smoke coming out from a nearby house. The team stepped in, including one firefighter dressed as old Saint Nick himself, and successfully rescued a man inside the home.

Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 bribing
贿赂
参考例句：
He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。 Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

2 corrupt
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
参考例句：
The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。 This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

3 poised
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句：
The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。 Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-27