美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-29

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1.Members of the Democratic Party's best known political family are endorsing¹ Barack Obama for president. Senator Ted² Kennedy says Obama is a worthy³ heir to his assassinated⁴ brother John F. Kennedy.

2.The new poll shows a tight race among two leading Republicans heading into tomorrow's Florida primary. Arizona Senator John McCain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt⁵ Romney are in a statistical⁶ tie, well ahead of Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee.

3.Skies are clearing above waterlogged California. That's after a week of downpours and heavy snowfalls. The National Weather Service says up to three inches of rain had fallen along the Southern coast, reaching nearly eight inches in other areas.

4.And this 36-year-old Brazilian model is striving for physical perfection. That's why she is going under the knife for the 42nd time. She wants to dance nearly nude⁷ in February's Carnival⁸ parade and is having nylon wires implanted in her eyes to give them an Asian slant⁹.