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1. Democrats¹ are keeping a close eye on Pennsylvania while the primary there today will not give either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. The delegates need to sort out of the party’s domination. Voters there couldn't help to determine just how long the race will last.

2. A high school teen is set to face federal charges in his * school bomb plot. Prosecutors² say they will charge 18-year-old * Shawn Burger with attempting use a weapon of mass destruction. He was arrested after his parents discovered he had ordered 10 pounds of **.

3. New cars made by 2015 will have to get a lot better fuel mileages³ when a new plan being ruled out by the Bush Administration. Under it, new cars and trucks will be required to achieve 31.6 miles a gallon.

4. Talk about being in the right place and right time, this postal⁴ carrier being held as a hero for catching⁵ a one-year-old who fell out of a second story window. No one was hurt in the accident.

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 mileages
里数( mileage的名词复数 )；好处；运费；使用次数
参考例句：
If you have the member card, we will record mileages for you right now. 已经持卡的旅客，请出示会员卡，我们将为您累积里程。

4 postal
adj.邮政的，邮局的
参考例句：
A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。 Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

5 catching
adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住
参考例句：
There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。 Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-04-23