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 This is AP News Minute. 1. A man who shot and killed a TV reporter and photographer as they delivered a live TV report in southwest Virginia has died after shooting and killing1 himself. The gunman identified as Vester Flanagan was reporter at the Station WDBJ who has been fired from a job two years ago. 2. James Holmes, the Aurora2 Colorado theater shooter, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. The judge said he had no choice in the sentence after jury’s deadlock3 over the punishment. 3. Amelia Boynton Robinson, who held President Obama’s hand earlier this year during the 50th anniversary of the march on Selma, has died at the age of 104. The civil rights activist4 helped lead the march and became the first black woman to run for Congress for Alabama. 4. President Obama welcomed the WNBA Phoenix5 Mercury to the White House to honor the team for wimming the most recent WNBA Championship.


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1 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 aurora aV9zX     
n.极光
参考例句：
  • The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
  • Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。
3 deadlock mOIzU     
n.僵局，僵持
参考例句：
  • The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
  • The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
4 activist gyAzO     
n.活动分子，积极分子
参考例句：
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
5 phoenix 7Njxf     
n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生
参考例句：
  • The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
  • The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

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