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1. The day after caucus-goers in Iowa upended the presidential race, winners Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee are in New Hampshire. Their Democratic and Republican opponents say primary voters on Tuesday could make very different decisions at the ballot¹ box.

2. Rescuers, family and friends are looking for a Georgia woman who hasn't been seen since she went hiking Tuesday. Police also say they are looking for a person of interest in the disappearance² of 24-year-old Meredith Emerson.

3. Britney Spears remains³ in a Los Angeles hospital as lawyers for her and ex-husband Kevin Federline were in a court room. They were arguing over custody⁴ of the couple's kids the day after an unexplained incident at her house.

4. Hang up the shovels⁵, put away the snow blower. There may be a snow eating robot in your future. A Japanese company is developing a robot that chews up snow and spits out bricks of ice.

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1 ballot
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
参考例句：
The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。 The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

2 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

3 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。

4 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 shovels
n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份
参考例句：
workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人 In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。来自辞典例句

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-05