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1. It was a good night for Tea Party candidates in Delaware. Christine O'Donnell rode a surge of support from Tea Party activists¹ to win the Republican Senate primary. She defeated nine-term Congressman² Mike Castle. The winner in the general election will take over Vice³ President Joe Biden's former Senate seat.

2. American Sarah Shourd is resting in Oman's capital of Muscat on her first full day of freedom. She was released from custody⁴ in Iran yesterday after spending more than 13 months in custody. It's unclear how long Shourd will remain in Oman. Two other Americans who were detained with Shourd remain in a Tehran prison.

3. The tropics continue to heat up. Hurricane Julia has intensified⁵ into a major hurricane with winds near 135 miles per hour. Hurricane Igor continues to be the largest storm with 145 mile-an-hour winds. But it's tropical storm Karl who will impact land first. That storm is expected to cross over the Yucatan sometime today.

4. The woman best known for crashing a White House state dinner says in a new book she has multiple sclerosis. Michaele Salahi says it was a bout⁶ with MS that forced her and her husband to leave last year's state dinner.

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1 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

3 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 intensified
v.（使）增强，（使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。 The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bout
n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛
参考例句：
I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。 That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。