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1. It was a big night for Rick Santorum, who swept the Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. Newt Gingrich and Mitt¹ Romney finished second and third in both states. But Romney ended up winning more delegates than Santorum among the day thanks to caucus² victories in Hawaii and American Samoa.

2. Defense³ Secretary Leon Panetta is in Afghanistan, meeting with President Hamid Karzai. He's trying to smooth out relations following the mistaken burning of Korans at a NATO military base and the killing⁴ of 16 civilians⁵ allegedly by a US soldier.

3. A transformer fire forced emergency crews to shut off power to a large section of Boston's Back bay. About 2,000 homes and businesses were without electricity. Many have now had their power restored.

4. And Dallas Seavey has won Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. At 25, he is the youngest musher ever to win the nearly 1000 mile race across the the state.

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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 caucus
n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议
参考例句：
This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。 It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

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 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。

5 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。