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The Iraq war veteran accused of killing¹ five travelers at a Florida airport was charged Saturday and could face the death penalty. The Anchorage police chief said police seized a gun from Esteban Santiago when he visited an FBI office in Alaska in November, then returned it the next month.

Much of the United States was hit with icy roads and snowy conditions Saturday. In Connecticut the snow led to a 20-car pile-up along a highway. The crash included three trucks and two ruptured² fuel tanks. There were up to ten injuries.

Chaos³ erupted in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz, along the border of Turkey on Saturday, after activists⁴ say a car bomb ripped through the center of a busy commercial area. The blast killed at least 48 people.

A sculptor⁵ in far-eastern Russia has made a giant manure⁶ rooster for the Chinese Zodiac-year. The 11-foot sculpture was created using a metal frame that’s then covered in manure. The year of the rooster begins on January 28th.

Noreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 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。

2 ruptured
v.（使）破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交
参考例句：
They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。来自《简明英汉词典》 The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。来自辞典例句

3 chaos
n.混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。 The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 sculptor
n.雕刻家，雕刻家
参考例句：
A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。 The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。

6 manure
n.粪，肥，肥粒；vt.施肥
参考例句：
The farmers were distributing manure over the field.农民们正在田间施肥。 The farmers used manure to keep up the fertility of their land.农夫们用粪保持其土质的肥沃。

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