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1. Tiger Woods has withdrawn¹ from his own golf tournament after citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. Woods said in a statement on his website Monday that his injuries won't allow him to play in the Chevron² World Challenge. He said he would return to competition next year.

2. Police are using search dogs to canvass³ a neighborhood where they believe the suspect in the shooting of four police officers have been holed up. A SWAT team stormed his house this morning but Maurice Clemmons wasn't there.

3. The Senate has begun debating the Democrats⁴' health care overhaul⁵ plan. But party leaders have an uphill battle ahead, as they try to hold onto the 60 votes that moved the plan to the floor. The issues of abortion⁶ coverage⁷ and a government-run insurance option are still likely to be contentious⁸.

4. And check out this surveillance video from a dry cleaner in Phoenix⁹. No one was hurt but workers say it's the third time in recent years a car has barreled into their business.

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1 withdrawn
vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出
参考例句：
Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。 All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

2 chevron
n.V形臂章；V形图案
参考例句：
He wore shoulderstrap rank slides with sergeant's chevrons.他佩戴标示级别的肩章，上面有中士的V形标志。 The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。

3 canvass
v.招徕顾客，兜售；游说；详细检查，讨论
参考例句：
Mr. Airey Neave volunteered to set up an organisation to canvass votes.艾雷·尼夫先生自告奋勇建立了一个拉票组织。 I will canvass the floors before I start painting the walls.开始粉刷墙壁之前，我会详细检查地板。

4 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 overhaul
v./n.大修，仔细检查
参考例句：
Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。 It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

6 abortion
n.流产，堕胎
参考例句：
She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。 A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

7 coverage
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
参考例句：
There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。 This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

8 contentious
adj.好辩的，善争吵的
参考例句：
She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。 Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

9 phoenix
n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生
参考例句：
The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。 The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-12-02)