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 1. Voting is underway across the US as Republicans make one last push for at least 6 new Senate seats while Democrats1 try and hold on their Senate majority. The mid-term election has been casted as a referendum on President Barack Obama.

 
2. Family members are pleading for the safe return of a woman. Philadelphia police say she was abducted2 late Monday night. Surveillance video appears to show a man rushing to 22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither toward a parked car. Authorities say her bank card was later used about 75 miles away in Maryland. 
 
3. Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-US rally in the Iran capital. The protests mark the 35th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran by militant3 students. Fifty two Americans were held hostages for 441 days. 
 
4. And Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson avoided jail time with a plea agreement in his child-abuse case. Peterson was indicted4 on a felony charge in September for using a wooden switch to discipline his son.

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1 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 abducted 73ee11a839b49a2cf5305f1c0af4ca6a     
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
  • Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
  • The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
3 militant 8DZxh     
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
4 indicted 4fe8f0223a4e14ee670547b1a8076e20     
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

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