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1. A grand jury in Missouri is hearing evidences to determine if a police officer will be charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Authorities in Ferguson report a much calmer night with only six arrests.

2. The Palestinian militant¹ group Hamas says an Israeli air strike in Gaza killed three of its commanders. The air strike leveled a four-storey house and killed a total of 6 people.

3. Search crews in Hiroshima, Japan are still looking for missing people after a massive landslide² that killed at least 36 people.

4. And California drought is hurting honey supplies and raising prices. Less rainfall means fewer crops and wild flowers that will provide nectar that bees need to make honey.

Bob McCall, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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1 militant
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 landslide
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
参考例句：
Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。 An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-25