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1. An Illinois judge is expected to rule Thursday whether convicted wife killer¹ Drew Peterson will get a new trial. Peterson's new attorney claims last year's trial was bungled². Peterson was convicted of killing³ his third wife in 2004.

2. Officials say two people have survived a small plane crash at an airport in Georgia. Five others on board were killed. Federal Aviation Officials say the jet crashed off the end of the runway at Thomson-McDuffie County Airport Wednesday night.

3. On Wednesday, a detective admitted at Oscar Pistorius' bail⁴ hearing that police have no evidence challenging the Olympian's claim that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend on Valentines' Day, thinking it was an intruder.

4. It is a great workout for a Jedi in training. A San Francisco fencing Academy has begun offering star wars light saber lessons. Wanna-be Luke Skywalkers are taught fancy light saber flourishes and spins which can be linked together to form dazzling sequences.

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1 killer
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。 The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 bungled
v.搞糟，完不成( bungle的过去式和过去分词 )；笨手笨脚地做；失败；完不成
参考例句：
They bungled the job. 他们把活儿搞糟了。 John bungled the job. 约翰把事情搞糟了。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。 She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-25