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1. A senior U.S military official says efforts to defeat the Islamic State group are gaining momentum¹. Rear admiral Andrew Lewis said Wednesday that Iraqi security forces have begun capturing territory in several areas.

2. A treasury² department action aimed at making tax inversion³ less lucrative,helping to kill a drug company merger⁴. Drug makers⁵ Allergan and Pfizer calling out a $160 billion deal Wednesday. Their merger would have moved Pfizer's address to Ireland where it would pay far less incorporate tax.

3. A former college executive sentenced to 8 years in prison for his connection to the deadliest mining explosion for decades. The former Massey energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted in December of conspiracy⁶ to willfully violate mine safety standards. 29 miners died in the West Virginia explosion in 2010.

4. And in Missouri, a police officer helped save the life of a man who tried to run away. Dash cam video shows the driver of this truck being ejected during a crash. The officials quickly gave CPR on the scene. KCTV reports the victim is expected to survive.

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1 momentum
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
参考例句：
We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。 The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

2 treasury
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。 This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

3 inversion
n.反向，倒转，倒置
参考例句：
But sometimes there is an unusual weather condition called a temperature inversion.但有时会有一种被称作“温度逆增”的不平常的天气状态。 And finally,we made a discussion on the problems in the cooperative inversion.最后，对联合反演中存在的问题进行了讨论。

4 merger
n.企业合并，并吞
参考例句：
Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。 Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

5 makers
n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）
参考例句：
The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。 The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 conspiracy
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
参考例句：
The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。 He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-4-11