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1. It's been almost five years since the attacks on September 11th, and President Bush says enormous strides have been made in correcting US security vulnerabilities brought to light that day. He also says the country's campaign against terrorism has succeeded in protecting the homeland.
2. Phoenix police say they have forensic evidence connecting a man they arrested to two sexual assaults in the Baseline Killer investigation. They say they are trying to find out if the 42-year-old in custody is connected to any other attacks in the case.
3. Paris Hilton's publicist says Hilton has been known to have a drink or two. But she was clearly not intoxicated when she got home after being released from jail Thursday. The spokesman said Hilton worked all day and then drank on an empty stomach before getting arrested on suspicion of DUI.
4. You won't believe where Salvadoran prison officials found these cellphones, inside four prisoners' intestines. Authorities say the inmates had inserted the phones into their rectums and were using them to direct criminal activity outside the prison.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. vulnerable:
Something that is vulnerable can be easily harmed or affected by something bad.
vulnerability: n-uncount
2. forensic: adj.
Forensic is used to describe the work of scientists who examine evidence in order to help police solve crimes.
3. intoxicated: adj.
Someone who is intoxicated is drunk. (FORMAL)
4. intestine : n-count
Your intestines are the tubes in your body through which food passes when it has left your stomach.
5. rectum: n-count
Someone’s rectum is the bottom end of the tube down which waste food passes out of their body. (MEDICAL)
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