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1. FBI agents have been hauling ammunition¹ and weapons out of the Santa Monica, California apartment building. It's where 81-year-old Boston mob Boss James "Whitey" Bulger was captured after 16 years on the run. The FBI says a large amount of cash was also found.

2. A former Delaware pediatrician was found guilty of sexually assaulting scores of young patients at his office. The space was decorated with a merry-go-round and a small ferris wheel. Prosecutors² say 58-year-old Earl Bradley took homemade videos of the abuse.

3. President Barack Obama is telling soldiers who have fought in Afghanistan that the fighting is not over yet. But he says the US has turned a corner and can start bringing troops home. President Obama says the drawdown will make sure the gains US forces made will be sustained.

4. And there will be no more house parties for Lindsay Lohan at least for now. A judge in Los Angeles said the actress will only be allowed to have one friend over at a time. But the judge also said it did not appear that Lohan violated her probation³, that despite testing positive for alcohol.

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1 ammunition
n.军火，弹药
参考例句：
A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。 They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 probation
n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)
参考例句：
The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。 His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。