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1. South Korea says North Korea tried to launch¹ a missile² on Wednesday. The country says it's unclear what's kind of missile it was, and that apparently³ exploded seconds after taking off.

2. The White House announced what's expected to be Donald Trump's first trip out of the U.S as president. He plans to attend a NATO conference in Belgium in May.

3. Oklahoma fire officials report that a wild fire southeast of Tulsa is almost completely contained now. The fire destroyed at least 9 homes.

4. And Chuck Barris known as the creator of TV classics⁴, including "The Gong show" and "The Dating game" has died. His publicist says the 87-year old passed away from natural causes.

Shirley Smith, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 launch
vt.发动，推出；发射；n.发射，下水，投产
参考例句：
The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗？

2 missile
n.导弹，投射物
参考例句：
The missile curved gracefully towards its target.导弹呈优美的曲线状飞向目标。 We got a fix on the missile launching site.我们确定了导弹发射场的位置。

3 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 classics
n.文豪( classic的名词复数 )；文学名著；优秀的典范；古希腊与古罗马的文化研究（尤指对其语言与文学的研究）
参考例句：
There are three great constituents of modern education --the classics, modern history and literature, and science. 现代教育有三大内容 -古典文学、现代历史和文学、以及自然科学。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 "The Classics on Tea", written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.) was the world's earliest treatise on tea leave production. 中国唐代陆羽写的《茶经》是世界上最早的茶叶制作专著。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-03-24