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1. A prosecutor¹ says investigators² searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week have found a female's body. The body was found near a hydroelectric dam close to Celina Cass's home. Investigators haven't identified it yet.

2. A big expansion of coverage³ for women's preventive care under President Barack Obama's healthcare law. The administration says health insurance plans will have to cover birth control and that mean no co-pays.

3. Casey Anthony may have to show up this week in central Florida. The judge who sentenced her last year for fraudulent check writing has signed a corrected version of her probation⁴ offer. It makes clear that she's supposed to start the one-year probation after her release from jail.

4. Delta⁵ says it will refund⁶ the ticket taxes charged for travel during the shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. The refunds⁷ will apply to people who bought their ticket before the shutdown began but traveled after that day. Most airlines raise fares by the amount of the taxes.

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1 prosecutor
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。 The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

2 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 coverage
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
参考例句：
There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。 This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 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。

5 delta
n.（流的）角洲
参考例句：
He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。 The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

6 refund
v.退还，偿还；n.归还，偿还额，退款
参考例句：
They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。 We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意，我们愿意退款给你。

7 refunds
n.归还，偿还额，退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还，退还( refund的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。来自辞典例句 The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。来自辞典例句