美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-17（在线收听）

1. It's been a deadly day in Iraq. More than 100 people were killed across the country in various bombings and shootings. More than half of those died in an explosion outside a Baghdad university.

2. Illinois Senator Barack Obama has filed papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. Obama says he's been struck by how hungry the country is for a different kind of politics.

3. Jury selection is underway in the trial of former White House aide Lewis Libby. Libby arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington today where he stands accused of obstructing the FBI's probe into the leaking of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

4. A fierce winter storm that left much of the Midwestern a shell of ice has now left its mark on the Northeast. Power was knocked out in large parts of New Hampshire and New York as heavy snow and ice downed power lines and caused treacherous road conditions.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. exploratory : ADJ
Exploratory actions are done in order to discover something or to learn the truth about something.

2. obstruct : VERB
To obstruct someone or something means to make it difficult for them to move forward by blocking their path.

3. treacherous : ADJ
If you say that something is treacherous, you mean that it is very dangerous and unpredictable.