美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-20

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　　1. Attorney General Eric Holder¹ will likely face tough questioning today by the House Judiciary Committee. Topics are expected to include the Justice Department's gathering² of phone records at the Associated Press and the government's handling of intelligence before the Boston Marathon bombings.

 

　　2. The US ambassador to Russia has been summoned by the foreign ministry³. Moscow claims it caught a US diplomat⁴ trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer. This is the first case of an American diplomat publicly accused of spying in a decade.

 

　　3. Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million. That is a cash value of $229.2 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot ever.

 

　　4. The giant rubber duck in Hong Kong's harbor was completely deflated⁵ this morning. Organizers say the 54-foot duck was deflated for maintenance, denying speculation⁶ that it was punctured⁷ due to rain and wind.

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