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 Street around Emperor State Building in New York remain closed that police continue to investigate this morning shooting in the area.NPR reports 2 people are dead and 9 are wounded。Police say  the incident began just after 9am ,recently laid-off workers shot one of former colleagues to death just outside of emperor state building。Mayor Mike Bloomberg says shooter began walking away then quickly found himself in confrontation¹ .2 police officers were station outside the iconic building. They were number shoot fire ,they proper traded ,clearly turn his gun on the police and trying to shoot them ,the cat  turn fire killing² that' we know. The shooter was identified as Jeffrey Johnson of Manhattan. Police denied immediately identified as victim. Officials say 9 other people were hit by gun fire. The confrontation sound may accidently been shot by police. Joe Rose.

the most recent file court record reviewed that accused of Colorado gunman James Holmes spoke³ with classmate in March about his desire to kill people. The conversation taking place about 4 months before he allegedly carried out a deadly shooting rampage in movie Theater Aurora⁴. The document also states Holmes may threat to professor and with denied access to university Colorado medical campus. Holmes attorney say prosecutors⁵ should not have access to their claimed shooting record.

Under Brewied has been convicted of killing 77 people in Bombing shooting rampage Norway last year and has been sentenced up to 20 years in prison ,the maximum molder law. Although he reported may remain locked for much longer. Christine Vill ,Spoke person for family Brad victim says the verdict is welcome news. We ask for unanimous stertics ,we hopeful ,we got that and regarded contained. Also ,we got stricter verdict we can have according to Norwegian law.That's another point we really want .Brad was reportedly smile when the ruling was announced.

  Israel prime minister is accusing Iran of continuing to speed up their effort to work creating nuclear weapons based accusation⁶ on report new finding by international atom energy agency.More from Denial  in Jerusalem. Iran was reportedly stored hundred of new central fuge deep underground and accelerate the enrichment of uranium to near weapon grade. The New York Times reports that IAEA will present those founding next week. Israeli prime minister Betjeman Netanyahu says it's further proved that Iran is pushing toward nuclear weapons. He spoke out in the meeting today with congressman⁷ Mike Rogers who chairs the house and intelligence committee. The prime minister remark by the first tant that IAEA reported finding may spark another round of debate in Israeli by potential strike on Iran. For NPR news, I’m Denial in Jerusalem. Dow is up 80 points, it’s 13137,this is NPR.

  Cyclist Lance Armstrong has been striped his 7 tour de France title now he is giving up his fight against US anti-doping agency. The USADA accused Armstrong of using performance enhanced drugs. The international cycle Union says it will wait for Estr to explain its decision before comment on the case. Cyclist Florid Land who was striped his 2006 tour de France title for doping maybe spear prosecution⁸ on count Welford if repays donor⁹ raise money for his defense¹⁰ against doping charges. He was raid US San Diego today where he pleaded not guilty to a single count.

A top play official in Romance Catholic archdiocese in Philadelphia has been sentenced to up to 7 years in prison for embezzling¹¹.NPR reports Nete stored nearly one million dollars. Charite began working for Alth Philadelphia when he was 20.And work her way to chief financial officer. Then last year, the 42-year old was fire. Prosecutors say she embezzled¹² 900,000 dollars from the church. She took relatives on trip to Hawaii, the Caribbean shower herself friends with gifts and paid down mortgage honor house in New Jersey¹³. A lawyer says she grue decision for church after the sex abuse scandal broke in 2002 between 2004 and 2011 she won on gambling¹⁴ and shopping addictions¹⁵ at expense of church. She says she is in general remorseful¹⁶.

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1 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

2 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。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

5 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。

6 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

7 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

8 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

9 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

10 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

11 embezzling   

v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Accordingly, object embezzling waste to be carried temporarily the schedule of administration. 因此，反对贪污浪费就提上了临时中央政府的议事日程。 来自互联网
• Some were sentenced for taking bribes, others executed for embezzling funds. 有的因受贿而被判刑，有的因侵吞公款而被判处死刑。 来自互联网

12 embezzled   

v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked. 那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cashier embezzled ＄ 50,000 from the bank. 出纳员盗用了银行5万美元。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

14 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

15 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

16 remorseful   

adj.悔恨的

参考例句：

• He represented to the court that the accused was very remorseful.他代被告向法庭陈情说被告十分懊悔。
• The minister well knew--subtle,but remorseful hypocrite that he was!牧师深知这一切——他是一个多么难以捉摸又懊悔不迭的伪君子啊！