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A major federal report on last year Golf oil spill could come out today. The spill was the worst offshore¹ oil spill in US history. The report follows a year hearing in the investigation² by the Coast Guard and the government agency in charge of offshore drilling.

New York's 9 congressional district will have a Republican representative for the first time in nearly a century. GOP candidate Bob Turner defeated Democrat³ David Weprin to succeed Anthony Winner. Winner resigned amid a sexting scandal in June.

And sooner, a Harvard professor E. Warren is joining the Massachusetts senate race, she faces a critic Democratic primary fail and a tough Republican opponent. A recent Boston globe poll showed Senator Scott Brown is the most popular politician in the traditional Democratic state.

An amazing video of intense fire played in Afghanistan. NATO brief says the video is from insurgents⁴ attack on US Embassy and NATO forces headquarters building. The Afghan Interior Ministry⁵ says all of the attackers have been killed.

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1 offshore
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
参考例句：
A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。 A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

2 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。

3 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 insurgents
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。来自互联网

5 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。