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1. Bill Cosby was back in court for a hearing in his felony sexual assault case. His lawyers are hoping to suppress several days of testimony¹ Cosby in the accuser's lawsuit² a decade ago, as well as a secretly recorded 2005 phone call Cosby had with the mother of his accuser.

2. Hurricane Newton slammed into the twin resorts of Los Cabos, on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. The storm knocked out power in some places and stranded³ tourists huddled⁴ in their hotels.

3. British Airways⁶ travellers are suffering delays globally due to a computer glitch⁷ in the check-in systems. This comes a month after U.S carrier Delta⁸ Airline suffered a global outage that caused it to cancel 23,00 flights, costing it $100 millions in lost revenue.

4. A bar in Dubai broke the Guinness world record for the longest domino drop shot. The Huddle⁵ Sports Bar and Grill⁹ successfully 'dropped' 4,578 glasses of whiskey into energy drink.

Matthew Burgoyne, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

2 lawsuit
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。 He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

3 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。

4 huddled
挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。 We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

5 huddle
vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人
参考例句：
They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。 The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。

6 AIRWAYS
航空公司
参考例句：
The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。 At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

7 glitch
n.干扰；误操作，小故障
参考例句：
There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。 It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。

8 delta
n.（流的）角洲
参考例句：
He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。 The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

9 grill
n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问
参考例句：
Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。 I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-9-08