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More and more people are trying to flee Port-au-Prince as the scope of the damage from Tuesday's major earthquake becomes clearer.Surivivors have been searching for lot ones in the rubbles-strewn in the streets.The death toll¹ from 7.0 remains² unknown, but expected to reach into thousands.

Aid is finally starting to reach Haiti but it's not nearly enough. Currently there is little drinking water in Port-au-Prince and one doctor's aid says 30 people are going to die. USS Karlvinson is expected off Haitian Coast today to provide support and security.

President Barack Obama heads to the Capitol Hill today in hopes of closing the deal of health care reform .Obama met Democratic negotiators in the White House yesterday .House democrats³ have been uneasing about accepting some concession that senate democrats are asking them to make.

Soul Singer Tedd Pandegrass has died. Pandegrass passed in a suburban⁴ Philadelphia after a battle with clone cancer .Close to the top R&B charge in1970's, as the lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Bluenote . Pandegrass was 59.

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1 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 democrats
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》

4 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-19)