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1. It appears at least one of the ten terrorists who attacked Mumbai, India, has ties to a Pakistani militant¹ group. A senior police officer in India says that's what the only surviving gunman is telling authorities. The group was banned in Pakistan in 2002.

2. A Democratic official says Bill Clinton has agreed to constraints² concerning his foundation, his speaking schedule and his income so his wife can become secretary of state. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name her as his choice tomorrow.

3. Questions remain about how New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg early Saturday. New York investigators³ say the Super Bowl hero could face felony gun charges. Burress was already sidelined from today's game against the Redskins for a hamstring injury.

4. First Lady Laura Bush has welcomed this year's White House Christmas tree. It arrived on a horse-drawn cart Sunday afternoon. The 20-foot Fraser fir from North Carolina will be set up in the Blue Room of the White House.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. sideline: v.

if you are sidelined, you are unable to play in a sports game because you are injured, or unable to take part in an activity because you are not as good as someone else

2. hamstring: n. 腿筋

a tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport

3. horse-drawn: adj.

[only before noun]
horse-drawn vehicles are pulled by a horse

4. cart: n.

A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.

5. Fraser fir: n. 南方香脂冷杉

A North American tree (Abies fraseri) having a pyramidal shape, dark-green flattened⁴ needles, and resin-filled blisters⁵ on its trunk.