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1. Rescue and recovery work continues in Joplin, Missouri. Crews are combing areas they've already searched, hoping to find more survivors¹. Meantime a violent storm system continues to rumble² through the central part of the country.

2. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron promise to continue a military campaign against Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya. It's day two of Obama's visit to London where he became the first president to address the British parliament in Westminster Hall.

3. A Massachusetts jury has acquitted³ Nancy Kerrigan's brother of manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father. But Mark Kerrigan was convicted of assault and battery for fighting with his dad. He faces a maximum of more than two years in prison.

4. And a person familiar with the investigation⁴ into former Senator John Edwards' political dealings says he could be indicted⁵ within days. Officials are looking into whether donations to Edwards' presidential campaign were spent to hide his affair.

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1 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 rumble
n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说
参考例句：
I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。 We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。

3 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )；使（自己）作出某种表现
参考例句：
The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。 Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

4 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 indicted
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。