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Officials in Texas say sexual abuse is wide spread in this polygamist compound. Court documents also charged that the girls are spiritually married off to much older men as soon as they reach puberty. Authorities began investigating the ranch¹ after getting called from a 16-year-old girl who said her 50 year old husband beat and rape² her.

The White House contenders took a break from campaign in Tuesday to attend a hearing on Capitol Hill. John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama all took turns, questioning the top U. S. commander in Iraq and the U. S. ambassador to Bagdad.

Residences of this Indian village say baby Lali is a Godess. Doctors say the girl was born with two faces is doing well now. But they do wanna scan to check internal organs. The father says the tests are unnecessary.

The Olympic torch relay will make its only North American stop on its way to Beijing later today. The San Francisco relay may not be easy, say, the officials are bracing³ for massive protest over China's crackdown in Tibet.

the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

1 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

2 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

3 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。