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1. A House subcommittee holds a hearing Wednesday on how to regulate big banks. The hearing is expected to get a lot of attention following JP Morgan's recent loss of two billion dollars.

2. Authorities in Mississippi say someone posing as a law enforcement officer has killed two people along highways. Authorities believe one shooter is responsible for both deaths.

3. Mitt¹ Romney won the Republican president primaries in Oregon and Nebraska on Tuesday.

4. And the attorneys for John Edwards aren't publicly saying if they'll put the former presidential contender on the stand. One defense² lawyer has raised the possibility of calling Edwards or the former mistress. He is accused of hiding with the help of around a million dollars from wealthy donors³.

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1 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。

2 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。

3 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。 About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。来自《简明英汉词典》