美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-06(在线收听

1. Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll in his country could reach more than 10,000. That after a powerful cyclone hit early Saturday with winds up to 120 miles an hour leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

2. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are bouncing back and forth between North Carolina and Indiana before tomorrow's primaries. Clinton has been chipping away at Obama's lead in North Carolina but the race is tighter in Indiana where polls suggest both need every vote they can get.

3. The reward for information about the killing of a Philadelphia police officer is now more than 100,000 dollars. Police are looking for 33-year-old Eric Deshawn Floyd in the slaying of Sergeant Stephen Liczbinski. Another suspect is in custody. Police fatally shot a third man.

4. And two deer were caught on tape after breaking into a New Haven donut shop. The two smashed through the front door of a Dunkin Donuts store, shocking employees and customers. The deer duo ran around the neighborhood, jumping fences before taking off.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. chip away at : v.

to gradually make something less effective or destroy it

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