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Israel has held a state memorial ceremony for Ariel Sharon ahead of his funeral. The former Israeli prime minister died Saturday after 8 years in a coma¹.

A Southwest Airlines plane landed at the wrong airport on its way to Branson, Missouri. The plane touched down without incident despite arriving at an airport with a much shorter runway than Branson's.

Officials in West Virginia say that about 300,000 people across 9 counties will be able to use tap water again soon. The water was declared off-limits for most uses after a chemical used to treat coal spilled into the Elk

River last week.

And Dennis Rodman has apologized for not being able to help a detained² American missionary³ during his trip to North Korea. Kenneth Bae was jailed for what North Korea calls "anti-state" crimes more than a year ago.

Matt Small, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 coma
n.昏迷，昏迷状态
参考例句：
The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。 She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 detained
留住( detain的过去式和过去分词 )；耽搁；拘留；扣留
参考例句：
One man has been detained for questioning. 一个男人被拘留审问。 He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. 他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 missionary
adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士
参考例句：
She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。 I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-17