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[1]Shuttle Atlantis touchdown the Kennedy Space Center put the final time early this morning. The landing ended NASA's 30-year space shuttle program. The shuttle grand finale comes 50 years to the day after Gus Grissom became the second American in space.

[2]A debt showdown in the Senate today, lawmakers have made a house bill that will mend a balanced budget and cut trillions in spending. Democrats¹ say the measure will not pass.

[3]Minnesota State Police are back on the job today. Some 22 thousand state workers have been laid off for nearly three weeks. Governor Mark Dayton signed a budget deal yesterday that ended the nation's longest state government shutdown in a decade.

[4]And a 12-year-old African tortoise that recently had a trans-leg amputated is now moving just fine. The 23 pounds tortoise named Gamera had a swiveling wheel attached to his shell by doctors at Washington State University veterinary hospital. Gamera is gaining weight, thriving with his new appendage².

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1 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》

2 appendage
n.附加物
参考例句：
After their work,the calculus was no longer an appendage and extension of Greek geometry.经过他们的工作，微积分不再是古希腊几何的附庸和延展。 Macmillan must have loathed being judged as a mere appendage to domestic politics.麦克米伦肯定极不喜欢只被当成国内政治的附属品。