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The Philippines are just calling for international help as it deals with massive flooding that has claimed at least 240 lives, dozens more remain missing. Officials say they may not have enough resources to deal with another storm that could hit as early as Friday.

Prosecutors¹ in Chicago have charged the fourth teenager who’s fatally beating a 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert who was walking to a bus stop, and a group of teens strike him on the head with wood planks². Police are searching for 3 more suspects.

President Barack Obama plans to lobby hard for his about hometown. He’s headed to Copenhagen later this week to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 summer Olympics. Chicago is up against Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo with the decision coming on Friday.

And the sites screamed out of the 1800. Herds³ of buffalos were stampeded across the Black hills of South Dakota

as part of a massive roundup. Once the crowd, the animals are branded, vaccinated⁴ and sorted with some headed for options.

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1 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。

2 planks
（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )；政纲条目，政策要点
参考例句：
The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。 We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

3 herds
兽群( herd的名词复数 )；牧群；人群；群众
参考例句：
Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。 There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。

4 vaccinated
[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的
参考例句：
I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。 Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-05)