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1. Rodney King, the man whose 1991 videotaped beating led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has died. Police say King's fiancé found him at the bottom of their swimming pool early Sunday morning.

2. Investors¹ around the world are keeping a close eye on Greece. The outcome of an election there will help determine whether the country sticks to the terms of a $170 billion bailout. If the bailout is canceled, Greece could become the first nation to leave the eurozone.

3. Mitt² Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the US. During an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation", Romney would only say that he'd work to pass a law to help people brought in by their parents.

4. An unmanned Air Force space plane is back on the ground after a 15-month long secret mission. The Air Force says the goal was to simply test the aircraft. But its classified cargo³ has led to a lot of speculation⁴ about the ultimate purpose.

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1 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 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。

3 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。 A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

4 speculation
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。 There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。