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1. Residents of central Texas are cleaning up after severe storms and flash flooding killed more than a dozen people. Crews continue to search for those still missing.

2. In Switzerland, six soccer officials have been arrested in a police raid in a bribery¹ investigation². Authorities say the case involves more than 100 million dollars in business deals tied to soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America.

3. A former LA police officer who fled to Mexico amid charges he killed a man while off duty is back in the United States. Mexican officials say Henry Solis has been deported³. He’s wanted in a March shooting outside a California night club.

4. The Internal Revenue Service says more than 100,000 taxpayers⁴ have had their personal information stolen. The agency says it happened due to a breach⁵ on its website. The IRS is providing credit monitoring to affected⁶ taxpayers.

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1 bribery
n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿
参考例句：
FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。 He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

2 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 deported
v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止
参考例句：
They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。来自《简明英汉词典》 The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 taxpayers
纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。 She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

5 breach
n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破
参考例句：
We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。 He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

6 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。 His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-30