美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-02-08

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1. A gunman killed three apparent relatives and a veteran Los Angeles SWAT officer and wounded another officer in the face before police shot him to death. Authorities had been in a long standoff with the man during which his home erupted in flames. Two other officers were wounded in the incident.

2. The Republican race is now down to three. Mitt¹ Romney ended his bid for the White House today and while Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul are still in it. Most say this move wraps up the nomination² for John McCain.

3. '…Zero, and liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis.'
The shuttle got up cleanly and safely this afternoon. The crew is set to spend the next week and a half in orbit. The center will spend most of that time installing a new space lab on the International Space Station.

4. Germany's new celebrity³ has grown its first teeth. Flocke is the baby polar bear that has won the country's heart. She has yet to make her public debut⁴, so people would just have to settle for these photos.