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1. A battle for energy in the pursuit of the White House. In Iowa, President Obama blasts Mitt¹ Romney for opposing tax supports for wind power. In Ohio, Romney came out in support of coal as a home-grown energy source.

2. An attorney for the family of a gunman in College Station, Texas says he was suffering mental issues. The gunman was killed by police, part of a firefight that killed a constable² and one other person.

3. It is unlikely Penn State will lose its accreditation³ but a warning from a higher ed panel is still serious. The commission says Penn State is on warning after the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

4. In Belgium, a burst of color as some 650,000 flowers cover the main square, creating perhaps the biggest carpet of flowers in the world.

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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 constable
n.(英国)警察，警官
参考例句：
The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。 The constable kept his temper,and would not be provoked.那警察压制着自己的怒气，不肯冒起火来。

3 accreditation
n.委派，信赖，鉴定合格
参考例句：
a letter of accreditation 一份合格证明书 This paper gives an overview of the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) in High Level Architecture(HLA). 对基于高层体系结构(High Level Architecture,简称HLA)的仿真系统的校核、验证与确认(Verification, Validation and Accreditation,简称VV&A)问题进行了详细的介绍及分析。来自互联网

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-17