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President Barack Obama says he has sent his jobs bill to the congress today and he is urging lawmakers to pass it immediately with no games, politics or delays.Obama appeared at Rose Garden Monday run by teachers' office and firefighters. People of the White House say they will benefit from the bill.

Bank of America is finally to cut about 30,000 jobs over the next two years in an effort to save $5,000,0000,000 a year. It is part of broader move to reshape and shrink the nation's largest bank.It copes to fall out from the housing bust¹.

At least 75 people are dead after a gasoline pipeline² in Kenya exploded.One man says people have been collecting fuel from leaking pipeline when he heard explosion.

The plot of lane known for a decade as Ground Zero has opened to the public for the first time as a memorial to those who died in 2001.911 memorial plaza³ opened under tight security. Visitors walked the 8 acre site and gazed at water at exact spot where the World trade center and twin tower stood.

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1 bust
vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部
参考例句：
I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。 She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

2 pipeline
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。 A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 plaza
n.广场，市场
参考例句：
They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。 The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。