美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-18

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1. Police in upstate New York have shot and killed a man, the suspect in a shooting of six people yesterday. Four people died. 64-year-old Kurt Myers had been holed up in an abandoned bar for 19 hours before being shot by police.

 

2. With some fiery¹ debate, the Senate Judiciary Committee approves an assault weapons ban. The proposal by California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein was approved in a party-line vote. The measure is not expected to survive in the Senate.

 

3. President Barack Obama is on Capitol Hill for a third straight day of meetings with lawmakers from both parties. The two sides are discussing fiscal² issues, gun legislation and immigration. 

 

4. On his first full day as pontiff, Pope Francis is showing his well-known humility³. He stopped by his hotel to pick up his luggage and paid the bill himself. Later, he celebrated⁴ his first Mass as Pope in the Sistine Chapel⁵.

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