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1. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has told a Senate panel that the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia did not put President Barack Obama's security at risk. She added the agents' alleged¹ behavior though is "inexcusable".

2. Newt Gingrich appears ready to step aside - this a day after Mitt² Romney swept five more primaries. A Gingrich spokesman says he's planning to throw his support behind the former Massachusetts governor.

3. Officials are working to find out more about a California dairy cow that was found to have mad cow disease. They're telling worried consumers that the food supply is safe. It's the first new case of mad cow in the US since 2006.

4. And it has been nearly five years since Madeleine McCann vanished in Portugal. British police released a new image of what she would look like today. They're hoping to reopen the case, saying she could still be alive.

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1 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。