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1. Colorado prosecutors¹ have formally charged James Holmes with 24 counts of murder in the shooting at a movie theater. He was also charged with 116 counts of attempted murder. Two charges were filed for each of the 12 people killed and 58 injured.

2. Syrians fleeing the embattled city of Aleppo are reporting constant shelling as regime forces bombard rebels. They're also reporting food and gasoline shortages. The UN says 200,000 have fled in the last 10 days.

3. Mitt² Romney is being criticized by Palestinians. That's after he told Jewish donors³ their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians. A Palestinian official calls that a "racist⁴ statement".

4. And Missy Franklin struck gold for the US in the Olympic pool. The 17-year-old won the 100-meter backstroke. Meantime, Ryan Lochte finished a disappointing fourth in the men's 200-meter freestyle.

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1 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

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。

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》

4 racist
n.种族主义者，种族主义分子
参考例句：
a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为 His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-03