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1. Police have identified the child's body found in a Georgia landfill as a missing 7-year-old Florida girl. Authorities used a birthmark on Somer Thompson's leg to tentatively ID her. She went missing Monday on her way home from school.

2. Defense¹ Secretary Robert Gates says preparation for Afghanistan's upcoming presidential run-off will be closely watched to prevent any vote fraud. The redo takes place November 7th. Gates says the US has not yet decided² if it'll send more troops to Afghanistan.

3. The extortion case involving actor John Travolta has ended in mistrial in the Bahamas. Two people were accused of trying to extort³ 25 million dollars from Travolta following the death of his son, Jett. A new trial has been ordered.

4. The Phillies are back in the Fall Classic. The defending champs won the National League pennant⁴ last night, defeating the Dodgers⁵ in five games. The Yankees can take the American League with another win over the Angels tonight.

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1 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 extort
v.勒索，敲诈，强要
参考例句：
The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。 They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。

4 pennant
n.三角旗；锦标旗
参考例句：
The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。 The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓，从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。

5 dodgers
n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击 But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-23)