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 Degrade and destroy - the Obama administration says that's what it intends to do to the Islamic State, the Sunni extremist group carrying out a brutal¹ campaign in Iraq and Syria. The same group is blamed in the beheading of two American journalists. Today Vice² President Joe Biden had especially scathing³ remarks for the group as NPR's Scott Horsley reports. 

 

Vice President Biden spoke⁴ in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, not far from the hometown of journalist James Foley, who was murdered by militants⁶ from the Islamic State two weeks ago. Now militants have released a video showing the grizzly⁷ killing⁸ of a second journalist, Steven Sotloff. Biden says the American people are resolved, not to retreat nor forget the killers⁹ who are responsible.

 

"We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will reside, hell is where they will reside."

 

Speaking earlier in Estonia President Obama vowed¹⁰ to build a coalition¹¹ to degrade and destroy the militant⁵ group behind the beheadings. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a plan for peace in eastern Ukraine. NPR's Corey Flintoff says Russia still insists it's not a party to the fighting there.

 

Putin told reporters that his views on ending the violence are very close to those of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The Putin plan calls for pro-Russian militants in the east to stop their recent advances. It will require the Ukrainian army to withdraw its artillery¹² out of range of region's major cities. Putin said the two sides should agree to a prisoner exchange and create a humanitarian¹³ corridor to allow for the movement of refugees and aid. The Putin plan comes just one day before a NATO summit in Wales, where leaders are expected to discuss ways to counter Russia's military moves. Corey Flintoff, NPR News, Moscow.

 

North Carolina's longest serving death row inmate¹⁴ along with his younger half brother walked out of prison a free man after serving more than 30 years for the rape¹⁵ and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Fifty-year-old Henry McCollum hugging his weeping parents outside the Central Prison in Raleigh today, a day after a judge ordered his release, citing new DNA¹⁶ evidence showing another man may be responsible. McCollum says he always thought he will be free. 

 

"I knew one day I was going to be blessed to get out of prison. I just didn't know when that time was going to be."

 

Judge said DNA evidence found on a cigarette left near the body of the girl contradicted the prosecution's case.

 

Electric carmaker Tesla has reportedly settled on Nevada as the site for a new five-billion-dollar battery factory. According to people familiar with the discussions, the company is finalizing¹⁸ terms of the deal. Nevada governor's office is expected to have an announcement sometime tomorrow.

 

A mixed close on Wall Street, the Dow was up 10 points, end the session at 17,078; the NASDAQ fell 25 points; the S&P 500 was down a point today.

 

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Justice Department investigators¹⁹ say their plan will embark²⁰ on a broader investigation²¹ into the practices of the police department, involving the killing of an unarmed black man last month. According to individuals briefed on the matter, an announcement of a widen probe could come as early as tomorrow. The investigation is reportedly separate from on-going civil rights investigation that was launched by justice after the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in the San Louis suburb of Ferguson. A county grand jury is also investigating the case. 

 

The lynchpin in a baseball doping scandal plans to plead guilty in early October. Anthony Bosch, former owner of a south Florida anti-aging clinic, initially²² pleaded not guilty when he was arrested on charges of selling illegal steroids to baseball players. But Julia Duba from member station WLRN reports he now faces up to 10 years prison.

 

Anthony Bosch was arrested in August along with six others on charges of conspiring²³ to sell illegal steroids to professional and high school baseball players. Bosch was suspected of selling and distributing steroids from his anti-aging clinic Biogenesis in Coral Gables. The six defendants²⁴ in connection with the investigation include New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez, who is also known as A Rod. Bosch has signed a plea agreement admitting to criminal activity at Biogenesis. The agreement states he faces up to 10 years in prison. Bosch agreed to help with the investigation, which may lessen²⁵ that sentence. For NPR News, I'm Julia Duba in Miami.

 

Google says it's teaming up with biotech drug maker¹⁷ AbbVie in a half-a-billion-dollar joint²⁶ venture and is trying to develop new ways to treat top diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's. The company says each firm will invest 250 million dollars in that project.

 

I'm Jack²⁷ Speer, NPR News in Washington.

1 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 scathing   

adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词)

参考例句：

• a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
• Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

7 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

8 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。

9 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

10 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

11 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

12 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

13 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

14 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

15 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

16 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

17 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

18 finalizing   

vt.完成（finalize的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• You may edit registered information any time during the finalizing period. 您可以在规定期限内随时编辑修改注册资料。 来自互联网
• Natsun Trimming & Ironing, Finalizing the Perfection. 40南山整烫，完美在此定格。 来自互联网

19 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》

20 embark   

vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机

参考例句：

• He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
• Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

21 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。

22 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

23 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

24 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

25 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。

26 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

27 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。