美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-13(在线收听

1. Eleven people were seriously hurt after a ferry crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan. Passengers waiting to disembark were hurled to the deck or into walls at impact. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

 
2. The New York City fire department says a crane collapsed in the Borough of Queens, injuring several people. Some of whom have been hospitalized. The equipment is described as a mobile crane unit.
 
3. The Washington National Cathedral will soon begin hosting same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials say the church will be among the first Episcopal congregations to implement a new rite of marriage for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members. 
 
4. Scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat for the first time. That nine-foot sea animal was filmed from an underwater research vehicle in the Pacific last summer.
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