美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-05

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　　1. The Secret Service says a letter similar to two ricin-laced letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted¹ by a White House mail screening facility. The letter was addressed to President Obama and has been turned over to the FBI.

 

　　2. The council on American-Islamic relations wants the Justice Department to investigate the death of Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen immigrant who authorities recently shot to death while he was being interrogated² about ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

 

　　3. An Arizona mother who was jailed on drug smuggling³ charges in Mexico is proclaiming her innocence⁴ in a TV interview. Yanira Maldonado was arrested after 12 pounds of marijuana was found under the seat of her bus. But her family says she was framed.

 

　　4. Russian researchers say they have discovered a perfectly⁵ preserved woolly mammoth⁶ carcass with blood, fueling hopes of cloning the ice animal. The carcass was found on a remote island in the Arctic.

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