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Former House speaker Dennis Hastert pleading not guilty in the Chicago court Tuesday after being charges he concealed² millions in bank transactions. A person familiar with allegation telling the Associated Press the money with a news conceal¹ plain give sexual molested³ someone decades ago.

In Northern New York, police xx in leads connection with Saturday’s escape the maximum-security prison. Authority converging⁴ on the small town, east of the Clinton Correctional Facility, official say two prisoners escaped over the weekend using power tools. Prisoners for easen contractors⁵ are being questioned.

An 8-year-old boy caught being smuggled⁶ in the suitcase from Africa to Europe was reunited with his mother Tuesday. The boy was discovered by Spanish authority last month when the suitcase went to a scanner. His father remains⁷ in jail on abuse charges.

And in South Africa, vets⁸ working to save a rhino⁹ mutilated by poacher. The animal nearly dead after its horns were removed to be sold on the black market. Veterinarians cleaned the wound and xx the flood shields with space for protection.

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1 conceal
v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽
参考例句：
He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。 He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

2 concealed
a.隐藏的，隐蔽的
参考例句：
The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。 I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

3 molested
v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵
参考例句：
The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones. 邻居家的大孩子欺负小孩子。来自《简明英汉词典》 He molested children and was sent to jail. 他猥亵儿童，进了监狱。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 converging
adj.收敛[缩]的，会聚的，趋同的v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的现在分词 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集
参考例句：
Plants had gradually evolved along diverging and converging pathways. 植物是沿着趋异和趋同两种途径逐渐演化的。来自辞典例句 This very slowly converging series was known to Leibniz in 1674. 这个收敛很慢的级数是莱布尼茨在1674年得到的。来自辞典例句

5 contractors
n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。来自《简明英汉词典》 Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 smuggled
水货
参考例句：
The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。来自互联网

7 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 vets
abbr.veterans （复数）老手，退伍军人；veterinaries （复数）兽医n.兽医( vet的名词复数 )；老兵；退伍军人；兽医诊所v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的第三人称单数 )；调查；检查；诊疗
参考例句：
I helped train many young vets and veterinary nurses too. 我还帮助培训了许多年青的兽医和护士。来自互联网 In fact, we've expanded mental health counseling and services for our vets. 实际上，我们已经扩大了退伍军人的心理健康咨询和服务。来自互联网

9 rhino
n.犀牛，钱, 现金
参考例句：
The rhino charged headlong towards us.犀牛急速地向我们冲来。 They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction.他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-6-11