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1. President Obama's bus tour rolls through northeastern Iowa today. Obama will be promoting rural economic policies, the second day of the three-day tour of three states.

2. Lingering questions about the stage collapse¹ that killed 5 people at the Indiana State Fair. Fair organizers haven't said whether the stage and rigging that collapsed² Saturday night had been inspected. The fair reopened Monday after a memorial ceremony for the victims.

3. An Australian citizen is due in a Louisville, Kentucky court today. Investigators³ say Paul Peters broke into a family's home in Sydney nearly two weeks ago and chained a fake bomb to a teenage woman's neck. It could take two months for him to be extradited.

4. And a little with the tree, now New Zealanders are saying enough with the snow. Snow plows⁴ worked through the night, but many residents of the capital were unable to get to work or even leave their neighborhoods. And there's another 6 to 12 inches in the forecast by Tuesday night.

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1 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

3 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》

4 plows
n.犁( plow的名词复数 )；犁型铲雪机v.耕( plow的第三人称单数 )；犁耕；费力穿过
参考例句：
Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles. 亚历克斯和托尼在犁耙等农活方面都几乎变成新手了。 Plows are still pulled by oxen in some countries. 在一些国家犁头仍由牛拖拉。