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1. After more than 10 hours of deliberations, a Florida jury has acquitted¹ Casey Anthony of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. Anthony had faced the death penalty if convicted of murder. She was found guilty of lying to investigators² and will be sentenced Thursday.

2. Mexican rescuers are continuing their search for seven missing American tourists whose fishing boat capsized two days ago in the Gulf³ of California. One American has been confirmed dead in the accident. Nineteen other tourists and all 16 crew members have been accounted for.

3. Ailing⁴ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is staying home in his presidential palace, while thousands of troops across town march to mark the country's bicentennial. Chavez says he is still recovering after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor⁵ in Cuba.

4. Tiger Woods is going to miss another major. Citing continued recovery from leg injuries, Woods announced Tuesday that he will not play in the British Open next week. He sat out the US Open last month.

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1 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )；使（自己）作出某种表现
参考例句：
The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。 Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

2 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》

3 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 ailing
v.生病
参考例句：
They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。 She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

5 tumor
n.（肿）瘤，肿块(英)tumour
参考例句：
He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。 The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。