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1. President Barack Obama says Mitt¹ Romney's proposal to free companies from taxes on their foreign holdings would result in job creation overseas, not in the United States. Obama was speaking to supporters in Ohio, a crucial battleground for him as well as Romney.

2. Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide have been freed unharmed. 61-year-old Rev². Michel Louis and 39-year-old Lissa Alphonse had been kidnapped from a bus on Friday. The kidnapper³ says he let them go after he was promised authorities were working on his uncle's release.

3. A Florida teenager has been convicted in a vicious kicking and stomping⁴ attack on a girl outside a middle school in 2010. A jury rejected 17-year-old Wayne Treacy's insanity⁵ defense⁶. He faces up to 50 years in prison.

4. Stephen R. Covey, motivational speaker and author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People has died in Idaho, three months after a serious bicycle accident in Utah. He was 79.

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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 rev
v.发动机旋转，加快速度
参考例句：
It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。 Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。

3 kidnapper
n.绑架者，拐骗者
参考例句：
The kidnapper was shot dead then and there by the armed policeman.绑架者被武装警察当时当地击毙。 The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。

4 stomping
v.跺脚，践踏，重踏( stomp的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He looked funny stomping round the dance floor. 他在舞池里跺着舞步，样子很可笑。来自辞典例句 Chelsea substitution Wright-Phillips for Robben. Wrighty back on his old stomping to a mixed reception. 77分–切尔西换人：赖特．菲利普斯入替罗本。小赖特在主场球迷混杂的欢迎下，重返他的老地方。来自互联网

5 insanity
n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐
参考例句：
In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。 He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

6 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。