美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-03

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1. The head of private security firm Blackwater USA says his staff acted appropriately in Iraq protecting State Department employees. But after a shoot-out last month that killed 11 Iraqis, lawmakers wonder if the government is relying too much on private contractors¹.

2. A jury says New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas subjected a team executive to unwanted advances and a barrage² of verbal insults. He does not have to pay punitive³ damages. A jury found Madison Square Garden owes her 11.6 million in damages.

3. Another search for Steve Fossett ends with no signs of the millionaire aviator⁴. Teams on the ground and in the air looked for Fossett following clues from radar⁵ data and satellite images. Fossett disappeared September 3rd in a small plane.

4. In Australia, a retired⁶ couple's vacation leaves them dangling⁷ in a car on this bridge, some 60 feet above a creek⁸. The couple eventually escaped with the help of witnesses and a rescue crew cutting the roof off the car.