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1. Lance Armstrong faces new allegations of doping just months after he thought he'd put them to rest. The US anti-doping agency fired new doping charges against Armstrong which could strip him of his Tour de France victories.

2. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt¹ Romney will be giving dueling² speeches in the battleground state of Ohio Thursday. Both will be talking about their plans to fix the economy.

3. Federal prosecutors³ dropped campaign fraud charges against former presidential candidate John Edwards Wednesday. Edwards was acquitted⁴ of accepting illegal campaign contributions but the jury deadlocked⁵ on other counts.

4. And San Francisco Giants player Matt Cain pitched a perfect game Wednesday night. The first in the history of the Franchise⁶. This perfect game is only the 22nd in Major League baseball history.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 dueling
n. 决斗, 抗争(=duelling) 动词duel的现在分词形式
参考例句：
More light-hearted But somewhat puzzled, Vladimir prepared to meet Eugene on the dueling ground. 弗拉基米尔心里轻松了一些，但仍感到有些困惑，在这种心情下，他准备去决斗场地迎战叶甫盖尼。来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学 They had been dueling for hours and finally called a draw. 他们一直决斗了数小时，最后打成平局。

3 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。

4 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。

5 deadlocked
陷入僵局的；僵持不下的
参考例句：
The plan deadlocked over the funds. 这个计划由于经费问题而搁浅了。 The meeting deadlocked over the wage issue. 会议因工资问题而停顿下来。

6 franchise
n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权
参考例句：
Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。 The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。