AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-15（在线收听）

1. President Bush has made a surprise farewell visit to Iraq where he signed a new Iraqi-US security agreement. During a news conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, an Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at Bush. He didn't get hit. Bush brushed off the incident, comparing it to political protests back in the States.

2. Illinois attorney general told NBC's "Meet the Press" there's talk embattled Governor Rod Blagojevich may step aside Monday. Lisa Madigan says it is unclear that means Blagojevich would resign. Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on federal corruption charges.

3. At least four deaths have been blamed on the ice storm that struck the Northeast late last week. Three of the deaths were due to carbon dioxide poisoning from gas-power generators. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power.

4. Sean Avery's days with the Dallas Stars are done, although the combative forward was eligible to return from a six-game suspension today. The Stars instead announced Avery will not rejoin the team ever.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. talk: n.

information or news that people talk about and hear about a lot, but that is not official.

2. embattled: adj.

[only before noun]
an embattled person, organization etc has many problems or difficulties