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1. Authorities in North Carolina's Outer Banks say they need to wait for a medical examiner's investigation¹ to determine if a body found is that of a missing Ohio woman. Lynn Jackenheimer never returned home after a vacation.

2. Police say a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father after finding the man's loaded handgun in a southern Indiana home. They call the case "a tragic² accident and a tragic mistake" of leaving a gun within a child's reach.

3. Australian authorities are hunting for a shark after a surfer was killed by a great white Saturday. It was the fifth such killing³ off Australia's southwest coast in a year.

4. And rock and roll legend Paul McCartney joined Bruce Springsteen on stage for the encore of a Saturday night concert in London's Hyde Park. But concert organizers turned off the mics before they were finished, saying the show had already gone past a set curfew.

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1 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。

2 tragic
adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的
参考例句：
The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。 Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。