CNN 2009-03-01

Hello to you, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Police in Albuquerque New Mexico say the bodies of 13 people including a fetus¹ have been found in shallow graves at a construction site west of the city over the past month. Two of the bodies were found Thursday night. Police have identified two as women who sometimes work as prostitutes. Both were reported missing back in 2004. Now they say the bodies were likely buried by one person. The local sheriff says because of the age of sites where remains² were found, he feels that there's no need to fear an active killer³ is on the loose.

In Riyadh Saudi Arabia doctors successfully separated a pair of conjoined twins. The boys were from Egypt and arrived in Riyadh February 10th. The hospital where the operation was performed is already famous for separation surgeries. They've already performed 20 operations on conjoined twins at that hospital.

An executive arrested in a billionaire's allegedly scheme to defraud⁴ investors⁵ has been released on bond. Laura Pendergest-Holt, Stanford Financial chief investment officer is charged with obstruction⁶ of justice. She's accused of lying to SEC investigators⁷. Prosecutors⁸ say Holt is one of the few people who know where the eight billion dollars allegedly stolen from investors are hidden. The SEC has accused the company CEO Allen Stanford of conducting a massive Ponzi scheme but he's not been charged within any crime.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads back out on the road tomorrow. This trip will take her to the Middle East and Europe, during the first part of this trip she will meet with leaders in Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian territories. Clinton will also meet with her Russian counterpart during a stop in Geneva Switzerland on Friday.

We have barely passed 2008, and politicians on the right already auditioning⁹ for 2012. It's happening at the conservative political action conference or CPAC in Washington right now. The group takes a presidential straw poll today. Contenders include rising young stars like Governors Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin. Old hands are also jockeying branding the new president as a socialist¹⁰. Conservative Radio host Rush Limbaugh is the keynote speaker later today.

Those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source, online, on TV, even when you're on the go.

1 fetus   

n.胎，胎儿

参考例句：

• In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。
• No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

4 defraud   

vt.欺骗，欺诈

参考例句：

• He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank.他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。
• He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。

5 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

6 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

7 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》

8 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。

9 auditioning   

vi.试听（audition的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth. 她试演了麦克佩斯夫人的角色。
• Which part are you auditioning for? 你试音什么角色？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。