美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-03(在线收听

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 contractors.

2. A jury says New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas subjected a team executive to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults. He does not have to pay punitive 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 aviator. Teams on the ground and in the air looked for Fossett following clues from radar data and satellite images. Fossett disappeared September 3rd in a small plane.

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

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