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1. Donald Trump's running mate governor Mike Pense is standing¹ by his refusal to describe white supremacist David Duke as deplorable. Pense was asked whether he wanted to amend² an earlier statement in which he denounced Duke, but declined to call him deplorable. Hilary Clinton has used the term "basket of deplorables" to describe half of Trump's supporters.

2. Meanwhile, president Obama stumped³ for Hilary Clinton in Philadelphia, where he amounted a vigorous defense⁴ in her campaign's transparency, and her fitness for the presidency⁵. Obama called the Democratic nominee⁶ "Steady and true".

3. Cat lovers in need of a pick-me-up may start gravitating towards London's Clapham Common Tube stations. All the station's usual advertisements have been taken down, replaced by 68 oversize portraits of cats. The crowd-funded venture features stray cats from two rescue charities.

4. And an Italian land artists has used his art to send his greetings to Hillary Clinton. Dario Gambarin used his tractor to plow⁷ out a huge work of art, depicting⁸ Clinton together with the slogan "you must, you can".The unique portrait took about 8 hours to create.

Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 amend
vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿
参考例句：
The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。 You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。

3 stumped
僵直地行走，跺步行走( stump的过去式和过去分词 )；把（某人）难住；使为难；（选举前）在某一地区作政治性巡回演说
参考例句：
Jack huffed himself up and stumped out of the room. 杰克气喘吁吁地干完活，然后很艰难地走出房间。 He was stumped by the questions and remained tongue-tied for a good while. 他被问得张口结舌，半天说不出话来。

4 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 presidency
n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句：
Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。 Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。 Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

7 plow
n.犁，耕地，犁过的地；v.犁，费力地前进[英]plough
参考例句：
At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。 We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后，我们将马上耕田。

8 depicting
描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )；描述
参考例句：
a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画 The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-9-17