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1. Two-year-old conjoined twins have been separated in California. The procedure took over nine hours and a team of more than 40 people. Doctors say the girls will make a full recovery.

2. What's thought to be the first lawsuit¹ connected to a deadly air race crash has been filed in Texas. It comes from the family of one of the 11 spectators killed when a small plane crashed into a crowd in Reno in September.

3. The owner of Los Angeles Dodgers² and Major League Baseball have reached an agreement to sell the team. That ends a seven-year term that saw the team become mired³ in legal troubles capped by its filing for bankruptcy⁴ protection in June.

4. Safeway is declining to press charges against a Honolulu couple, who were arrested after being accused of stealing two sandwiches. The couple paid for 50 dollars worth of groceries, but said they forgot to pay for the sandwiches eaten while shopping. The arrest led state officials to take custody⁵ of their two-year-old child.

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1 lawsuit
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。 He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

2 dodgers
n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击 But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句

3 mired
abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德（色温单位）v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。 The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 bankruptcy
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。 His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

5 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。