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 This is AP News Minute.

 
A volunteer sheriff's deputy in Tulsa County, Oklahoma is charged with second degree manslaughter after a suspect was shot and killed this month. Authorities say Robert Bates shot the man after mistaking his handgun for his stun1 gun.
 
4 former security guards who worked in Iraq are sentenced to prison for shooting dead more than a dozen Iraqi civilians2 in 2007. One man got life in prison, the others got 30 years each. The former Blackwater employees claimed they fired in self defense3.
 
A young couple and their baby are dead after a concrete slab4 from a construction on an overpass5 fell on their pickup6 truck in Washington State on Monday. The accident happened about 30 miles east of Seattle.
 
And an Alaska Airlines plane heading to Los Angeles quickly returned to Seatle after their pilot realized that an airport worker was in a cargo7 hold. The man had apparently8 fallen asleep there.
 
Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 stun FhMyT     
vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹
参考例句：
  • When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
  • Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。
2 civilians 2a8bdc87d05da507ff4534c9c974b785     
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
参考例句：
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
3 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
4 slab BTKz3     
n.平板，厚的切片；v.切成厚板，以平板盖上
参考例句：
  • This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
  • The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成，它们共同支撑着一块平板。
5 overpass pmVz3Z     
n.天桥，立交桥
参考例句：
  • I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。
  • We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。
6 pickup ANkxA     
n.拾起，获得
参考例句：
  • I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
7 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
8 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

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