美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-12

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1. President Barack Obama says the latest jobs report shows the economy is heading in the right direction. The report shows the country's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 %, the lowest level since May of 2009.

2. Republicans in the House are one step closer to holding a vote to repeal¹ the healthcare overhaul² law. They passed a measure today that sets the rules for next week's debate. However, the move is all symbolic³ as the Democrat-led Senate is certain to block the bill.

3. A pair of sisters have been released from their life sentences in Mississippi. Jamie and Gladys Scott were freed under the condition that Gladys donates her kidney to her ailing⁴ sister within a year.

4. Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena says he was living a dream as he toured Elvis Presley's Graceland. Pena was known to belt out Elvis tunes⁵ underground to lift the spirits of 32 other miners while they were trapped.