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1. President Barack Obama says a fiscal¹ cliff deal is still a work in progress. The president has stayed largely quiet this week as the White House and House Speaker John Boehner seek a way to avert² a flurry of year-end tax increases and spending cuts.

2. John McAfee is wanted for questioning in Belize in the death of an American neighbor there. But the founder³ of the anti-virus software company that bears his name says US authorities haven't tried to question him since he arrived in Miami last night.

3. Venezuela's government says President Hugo Chavez suffered complications during his cancer surgery in Cuba. But officials say he is now recovering.

4. And according to court records, a prisoner told investigators⁴ in New Mexico he hatched a plot to kill Justin Bieber. Dana Martin told investigators he persuaded a man he met in prison and the man's nephew to kill Bieber, the singer's bodyguard⁵ and two other people as well. The men were arrested and face multiple charges stemming from the alleged⁶ plot.

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1 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

2 avert
v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句：
He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。 I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

3 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。 According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

4 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》

5 bodyguard
n.护卫，保镖
参考例句：
She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。 The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

6 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-17