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President Barack Obama reaffirmed Wednesday that he does not intend to send troops to Iraq to fight the Islamic State group. He told Americans that he will not commit them to another ground war in the region.

The owner of the Minnesota Vikings says the team made a mistake bringing back Adrian Peterson following his felony child abuse charge. Reversing course from a day earlier, the team says Peterson will be banrred from all activities indefinitely.

Mexico's government began airlifting tens of thousands of tourists stranded¹ in the hurricane revaged resort area of Los Cabos. The weekend Odile headed over the Gulf² of California Wednesday on its way to Arizona as a new storm loomed³ to the South.

A female giant panda was born in China Monday. The keepers at the wild animal center said the newborn is pink with eyes tightly shut. They say she will grow her black spots and a long tail within the next month.

Salim Essaid, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

2 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 loomed
v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
参考例句：
A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。 The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-21