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1. Anyone selling lottery¹ tickets can expect brisk business today. The record 540-million-dollar Mega millions jackpot is up for grabs tonight. Experts say a player is about 50 times more likely to be struck by lighting² than to win the big prize.

2. The Supreme³ Court Justices will take a primary vote today on whether President Obama's healthcare overhaul⁴ is constitutional. However, the final decision won't come out until June. Opinions and dissents⁵ are written first and they could change in some month.

3. House Republicans are working to change a new anti-terrorism law, it allows the indefinite detention⁶ of terror suspects without trail even if they are US citizens seized in the states. The vision is part of a defense⁷ bill that President Obama signed into law.

4. The company that makes BlackBerry says it will return to focus on cooperate customers. Research in Motion's move to the consumer market didn't pan out. The company had trouble in competing with Android and Iphone.

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1 lottery
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
参考例句：
He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。 They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

2 lighting
n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光
参考例句：
The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。 The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

3 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 overhaul
v./n.大修，仔细检查
参考例句：
Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。 It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

5 dissents
意见的分歧( dissent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Even his dissents were widely quoted, and some prompted legislative changes. 甚至他那些异议也被广泛引用，而且有的还促成了法律上的修改。

6 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
参考例句：
He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。 He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

7 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。