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1. A jury has convicted Doctor Conrad Murray of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson. Murray faces up to four years in jail and the loss of his medical license¹.

2. Two officials at Penn State University have surrendered to face charges that they failed to report suspected child sexual abuse by a former coach, and that they committed perjury² in their grand jury testimony³ about it. The school senior vice⁴ president and athletic⁵ director both resigned on Sunday.

3. A woman who has accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her is challenging him to confess to any inappropriate behavior with her or with other women. The Cain campaign says all allegations of harassment⁶ against him are false.

4. The sentence was 30 days, but Lindsay Lohan is free after serving less than 5 hours in a Los Angeles county jail. Officials say the actress was released because of overcrowding concerns.

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1 license
n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许
参考例句：
The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。 The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 perjury
n.伪证；伪证罪
参考例句：
You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。 She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。

3 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 athletic
adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的
参考例句：
This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。 He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

6 harassment
n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱
参考例句：
She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。 The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。