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President Barack Obama has authorized¹ fresh sanctions against North Korea in the wake of recent cyberattack against Sony. They’re aimed at three North Korea entities² including a government intelligence agency and a North Korea arms dealer³.

TV News vans are parked in front of Boston’s federal courthouse. As jury selection is set to begin Monday in the Boston marathon bombing case. Friday, the defense⁴ asked for jury selection to be postponed⁵, but the Judge said no.

After nearly a week on the job, search teams are recovering more bodies from the Air-Asia flight 8501 disaster. Dozens of bodies have now been recovered.

US stocks were mixed Friday amid a report of a slowdown in manufacturing growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 was little changed. And the NASDAQ fell slightly.

Ned Parker, the AssociatedPress with AP News Minute.

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1 authorized
a.委任的，许可的
参考例句：
An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

2 entities
实体对像；实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。 The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

3 dealer
n.商人，贩子
参考例句：
The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。 The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

4 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 postponed
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。 The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-1-5