美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-19
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1. A grieving Connecticut town is bracing1 itself for the first funerals for victims of the school shooting last week that left 20 children and six adults dead. Officials in Newtown are also debating when classes could resume and where.
2. President Barack Obama is
vowing2 to use whatever power this office holds to safeguard the nation's children, raising the
prospect3 that he will pursue action to stem gun violence after Friday's elementary school
massacre4.
3. Anti-apartheid
icon5 Nelson Mandela
remains6 hospitalized for a tenth day in South Africa. Officials say the 94-year-old underwent a successful surgery for gallstones on Saturday. They say he has been hospitalized for tests or treatment for a lung infection.
4. With schools focusing more on technology, cursive writing is being pushed out the door, only a handful of states still require cursive writing as part of the curriculum. But researchers say cursive helps students later in life.
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