The new mother says, "because I forgot where I put it."

这位初为人母的妈妈说：“因为我忘记把他放在什么地方了。”

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My mother had long since retrieved the cooler from New Mexico, although she says half of its contents were missing and much of the rest went toward paying Dad's medical bills.

我妈妈靠着新墨西哥冷藏器里的钱过了很久，尽管她说里头的钱丢了一半，剩下的大部分都拿去给我爸爸买毒品了。

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The mother-of three, who already has two dogs, 13 guinea pigs, three rabbits and two hamsters, says her children Ella, eight, Alfie, five, and 19-month-old Maisie dote on their new pet.

Katie现在是三个孩子的母亲，他们家已经养有两只狗，十三只几内亚猪，三只兔子以及两只仓鼠，据她表示，八岁的Ella、五岁的Alfie和十九个月大的Maisie都非常喜爱这只新宠物。

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The new warning says recent attacks have occurred hundreds of miles off the coast, suggesting that pirates are using more "mother ships" -- a practice of using bigger boats with longer range to launch smaller pirate ships from farther out to sea, according to Pentagon officials.

CNN: As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast

Mr. Gates, whose brother, Paul, is the chairman of dentistry at a New York hospital, says his genetic sleuthing has inched him closer to fulfilling his late mother's wish that both her sons would be doctors.

WSJ: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on 'Finding Your Roots'