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1. Police say a domestic dispute led to deadly gunfire at a fiber¹ optics company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They say a gunman opened fire, killing² two people and wounding four others before turning the gun on himself.

2. Undersea robots have been lowering a tighter-fitting cap over BP's busted³ well in the Gulf⁴ of Mexico. It's a fix the company hopes can finally stop the leak after nearly three months.

3. The Justice Department says it will review its options, now that Switzerland has refused to send Roman Polanski to the US. The movie director has been facing prison time for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in the 1970s. A Los Angeles court spokesman says the warrant remains⁵ in effect.

4. And police in the Bahamas say the American teen nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" will face trial there for weapons possession and other charges. Nineteen-year-old Colton Harris-Moore is also expected to be charged with burglaries committed during his week-long hideout in the Bahamas

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1 fiber
n.纤维，纤维质
参考例句：
The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。 The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 busted
adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的动词bust的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！ It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

4 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

5 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。