美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-05(在线收听

 1. The chairman of the Kansas City Chiefs offered sympathy to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players. Clark Hunt spoke as fans tailgated outside Arrowhead Stadium the day after Jovan Belcher shot himself in the parking lot after earlier killing his girlfriend.

 
 
 
2. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says President Barack Obama is ready for difficult concessions to avoid the fiscal cliff. He adds Republican lawmakers must first commit to higher tax rates on the rich and specify what additional spending cuts they want. 
 
 
 
3. Several people are known dead after about 150 concrete panels fell from the roof of a tunnel near Tokyo. Efforts to rescue any survivors trapped inside were hindered by heavy smoke after a vehicle caught fire.
 
 
 
4. And a house that sat in the middle of a road in China is no more. Authorities demolished it after the owner finally agreed the compensation of 41,000 dollars.
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