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　　1. A former college professor named one of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives¹ will appear in a California federal court room on Thursday, to face child sex charges after being caught in Mexico. 64-year-old Walter Lee Williams was arrested Tuesday in a resort town of Playa del Carmen in the state of Quintana Roo.

　　2. Investors² are still seeing the fallout from yesterday’s comments by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. His announcement that the Fed program of buying bonds to keep interest rates low could end triggered steep selloffs in Asia and falling bond prices in Europe and the US.

　　3. An all women jury has been picked to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman. The neighborhood watch volunteer says he shot and killed unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in self-defense³. Prosecutors⁴ and defense attorneys chose the panel of six jurors after almost two weeks of jury selection.

　　4. And a cake mistake gets widespread attention for an Indiana University student. Bakers⁵ mistakenly drew a cat rather than a cap on her graduation cake.

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1 fugitives
n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。来自《简明英汉词典》 Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。来自演讲部分

2 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 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。

4 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。

5 bakers
n.面包师( baker的名词复数 )；面包店；面包店店主；十三
参考例句：
The Bakers have invited us out for a meal tonight. 贝克一家今晚请我们到外面去吃饭。来自《简明英汉词典》 The bakers specialize in catering for large parties. 那些面包师专门负责为大型宴会提供食品。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-25