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1. President Barack Obama pushes Congress to pass his jobs bill immediately, asking lawmakers during a stop in Ohio "What on earth are we waiting for". He says it would put scores of construction workers to work in the state.

2. Freedom could be near for those two American hikers, held in Iran some two years after their arrest. Bail¹ is now set at $500,000 each, and Iran's president says he wants them free.

3. In Afghanistan, insurgents² fired grenades and assault rifles at the US Embassy and other sites. The Obama administration says this will not deter³ the US mission there.

4. And in Utah, bystanders are hailed as heroes after they lift a burning BMW off of a motorcyclist trapped beneath it. The motorcyclist is in critical condition.

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1 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。 She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 insurgents
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。来自互联网

3 deter
vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住
参考例句：
Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。 Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。