Unveiled on Monday, in Detroit, Michigan, us, the enormous cake - with a whopping circumference of 11ft - was over eight times bigger than the previous record holder.

这块巨型蛋糕于本周一在美国密歇根州的底特律市公布于众，它的“腰围”惊人，达到11英尺，比之前的记录保持者大八倍之多。

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The Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Red Sox all gave us a warm welcome.

多伦多蓝鸟队、底特律猛虎队、蒙特利尔博览会队、密尔沃基酿酒人队、波斯顿红袜队都热烈欢迎我们去演奏。

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When looking just at the 33 biggest us cities, with populations of 500,000 or more, Detroit, Michigan, had the highest crime rate and Honolulu, Hawaii, had the lowest.

在美国33个人口超过50万的大城市中，密歇根州的底特律市犯罪率最高，夏威夷的檀香山犯罪率最低。

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And that war is against the kind of terrorism that authorities say a Nigerian man attempted when he allegedly tried to bomb a US airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day.

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And Scott's with us from Detroit.

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Here to tell us more are Sara Taylor, Republican strategist and former White House political director for George W. Bush - she's on the phone with us from Detroit - and Stephanie Cutter, Democratic strategist and communications director for Senator John Kerry's White House bid in 2004.

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One of his former US players in Detroit, Ruslan Saley, also died in the accident.

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