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1. Senate democrats¹ talked late into the night as they tried to slow down republican plans to get rid of president Obama's health-care reform. Some republicans are getting uncomfortable with scrapping² the affordable³ care act, until a replacement⁴ plan is ready.

2. Reno, Nevada's downtown bridge is reopened on Monday as floodings from the Truckee river subsided⁵. However, the national weather service says several more feet of snow could get this area this week.

3. Jury deliberations began on Tuesday in the penalty faced of Dylann Roof's trial. He is to get the death penalty or life in prison for killing⁶ 9 people in a Charleston, South Carolina church.

4. And Clemson is the new champion of college football. Clemson beat Alabama 35-31 in tampa. The lead changes 3 times in the fourth quarter. Clemson scored the final touchdown with just a second to go.

Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 scrapping
刮，切除坯体余泥
参考例句：
He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。 These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

3 affordable
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
参考例句：
The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。 There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

4 replacement
n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品
参考例句：
We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。 They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

5 subsided
v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的过去式和过去分词 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上
参考例句：
After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后，部分公路塌陷了。来自《简明英汉词典》 By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚，暴风雨已经过去，四周开始沉寂下来。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-01-12