美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-01(在线收听

 1.        No deal was signed as the fiscal cliff looms just days before automatic tax hikes and spending cuts kick in. In the Senate, partisan back-and-forth between the Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House John Boehner. 

 
2.        That powerful winter storm continues marching east and dumping rains on southern New England, snow farther north. The weather is blamed for at least 15 deaths in other parts of the country.
 
3.        Water levels on Mississippi river are dropping again and trade groups are warning river traffic could come to a halt south of Saint Louis as early as next week. 
 
4.        The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is stepping down, Lisa Jackson getting praising from the Environmental Groups. Critics say she presided over the rules costly to commerce.
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