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1. With eight days left before election day, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump¹ are stepping up their efforts to secure the swing states. The democratic nominee² is in Ohio, looking to shift the election to a referendum on Trump's credentials³ and temperament⁴. While trump is making two stops in Michigan, seizing on the ongoing⁵ issue of Clinton's private email server.

2. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says he will neither defend nor criticize FBI director James Comey. This comes after Comey's decision Friday to disclose that FBI is looking into newly discovered emails that may be important in an their earlier investigation⁶ of Hillary Clinton's email server.

3. Italy firefighters released video, showing ongoing rescue operations near the epicenter of last weekend's 6.6 magnitude earthquake. Bulldozers were deployed⁷ throughout the town along with rescue dogs to look for potential survivors⁸. So far, Sunday morning's quake causes no deaths or serious injuries.

4. And the president and Mrs.Obama welcomed trick or treat to the White House Monday afternoon. The annual event is for local children and children of military families.

Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。 Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

3 credentials
n.证明，资格，证明书，证件
参考例句：
He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。 Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。

4 temperament
n.气质，性格，性情
参考例句：
The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。 Success often depends on temperament.成功常常取决于一个人的性格。

5 ongoing
adj.进行中的，前进的
参考例句：
The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。 The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

6 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 deployed
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )；施展；部署；有效地利用
参考例句：
Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。 The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

8 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-11-02