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Senate Democrat¹ talked late into the night. They tried to slow down Republican plan to get rid of President Obama's healthcare reform. Some Republcans are getting unconfortable with scrapping² the affordable³ care act until replacement⁴ plan is ready.

Reno, Nevada's downtown bridges reopened on Monday. It's flooded from a truky river subsided⁵. However the National weather service said several more feet of snow could hit the area this week.

During the dilervation began on Tuesday in the penalty faced that Delin Root's trial. He may get a death penalty or life in prison for killing⁶ nine people in chaos⁷ in South Carolina church.

And Clemson is the new champion of colleage football. Clemson beat Alabama 35-31 in Tampa. The lead changed three times in the fourth quarter. Clemson got the final touch down just a second to go.

Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press with AP news minute.

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1 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

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。

7 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。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-02-02