美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-10

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1. Divers¹ find two more bodies where a highway bridge collapsed² in Minneapolis, bringing the death toll³ to seven with six still missing. Investigators⁴ say design flaws in steel plates holding the bridge together may be to blame for the disaster.

2. Crews drilling toward trapped coal miners in Utah may reach the six men tonight. There has been no communication with the miners since a cave-in on Monday. One hole is for a microphone and camera. A larger hole will bring food and water.

3. A man in Newark, New Jersey⁵ charged in the slayings of three college students surrenders, but only to the city's mayor. Another suspect, a fifteen-year-old, was caught earlier. Mayor Cory Booker says he had nothing to say to the surrendering suspect.

4. SUV drivers in Europe, beware! Environmental activists⁶ are targeting the large vehicles, giving them mud baths, putting stickers on windows. They say 4×4s are intimidating⁷ on the road and damage the climate.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. slay: verb
to kill someone - used especially in newspapers