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1. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Wisconsin Democratic primary Tuesday. He'll face off against Republican governor Scott Walker in the June 5th recall vote.

2. Voters in North Carolina have enacted¹ a constitutional amendment² defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

3. FBI agents will be joined by authorities from Mississippi in Tennessee on Wednesday in their search for the man suspected of killing³ a Tennessee woman and her teenager daughter, and fleeing with her two younger girls.

4. And a new poll says about half the people who oppose the war in Afghanistan say the presence of US troops there is doing more harm than good. The AP-GFK poll finds that only 27% of Americans back the war effort now. A year ago, that number was 37%.

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1 enacted
制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律 Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 amendment
n.改正，修正，改善，修正案
参考例句：
The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。 The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。