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Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

We begin with a security scare at London Heathrow Airport. British police have arrested a man who was spotted¹ on one of the airport's two runways. Police carried out a controlled explosion on his backpack and they didn't find any explosives. There is no indication the incident is linked to terrorism. Tomorrow, a new terminal opens at Heathrow. The airport has been the target of protests in recent weeks over the planned construction of a new runway.

Four men are dead after a small plane crashed in Florida this morning. Authorities tell CNN the plane went down in a cow pasture, near a luxury home development in Indiantown. They say it looks like the pilot tried to land, but the plane nosedived into the ground and flipped² over. Authorities don't know what caused the crash.

A Chaldean Catholic archbishop was kidnapped in the northern Iraq late last month, and now has been found dead today. His body was found near Mosul, close to where he and three of his companions were ambushed³. Also in Iraq, at least 15 people died when a car bomb exploded near a busy shopping center in Baghdad. 65 others were wounded in the attack.

President Bush is back on the attack today, accusing Democrats⁴ of working to undermine US security. House Democrats want to permit lawsuits⁵ against phone companies that cooperated with the president's warrantless wiretapping program. Mr. Bush says that might help trial lawyers, but it would be a terrible blow to US security. The president says the government needs phone companies to cooperate with the wiretap program to monitor terrorists overseas. Critics say the government should get warrants before eavesdropping⁶ on calls to US citizens.

The top three presidential candidates are back in Washington today for some Senate work. Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain plan to vote for a bill to abolish pork-barrel spending for a year. It would stop lawmakers from steering⁷ millions of federal dollars to their home states. The proposal is getting bi-partisan support, but many aides don't expect it to pass.

Well, those are the headlines this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.

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1 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

2 flipped
轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )；按（开关）；快速翻转；急挥
参考例句：
The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。 The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

3 ambushed
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 )；埋伏着
参考例句：
The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。来自《简明英汉词典》 The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 lawsuits
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。来自辞典例句 I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。来自辞典例句

6 eavesdropping
n. 偷听
参考例句：
We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。 Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。

7 steering
n.操舵装置
参考例句：
He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。 Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。