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1. From the UK to the US, fans of music icon¹ David Bowie are mourning the loss of the music legend. A memorial with flowers and notes lined the streets outside Bowie’s NY City apartment, while in south London, fans flocked to the artist’s birthplace in Brixton to pay homage² to the musical genius.

2. The Mexican government released video of the raid leading to the arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Guzman was captured Friday more than three months after meeting actor Sean Penn on Oct. 2nd for an interview and six months after escaping from prison.

3. Italian prosecutors³ say they’ve opened a murder investigation⁴ to the death of an American woman who was found in her Florence apartment Saturday night. Italian police identify the woman as 35-year-old Florida native Ashley Olsen. Olsen was found with scratch marks and bruises⁵ on her neck.

4. Abigale Lee Kemp made her first appearance before a judge Monday after being arrested for a string of jewelry⁶ store robberies across the South. A Georgia judge set a Thursday hearing to decide conditions of her detention⁷ and appointed a federal public defender⁸ to represent her.

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1 icon
n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像
参考例句：
They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。 Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

2 homage
n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬
参考例句：
We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。 The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 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。

5 bruises
n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。来自《简明英汉词典》 The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 jewelry
n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝
参考例句：
The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。 Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

7 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
参考例句：
He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。 He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

8 defender
n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人
参考例句：
He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。 The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-14