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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.

You don't need to have a high cost subprime loan to get help with your mortgage. The Treasury¹ Department has just announced a plan called Project Lifeline. It's available to at-risk borrowers with all types of mortgages. It will allow seriously overdue² homeowners to suspend foreclosures to 30 days while lenders try to work out more affordable³ loan terms. The plan involves six of the largest mortgage lenders which service almost half of the nation's mortgages.

General Motors is offering a new round of buyout packages for 74,000 employees. It's entire US hourly workforce⁴. The plan comes as the nation's largest automaker announced record losses for last year, nearly 39 billion dollars.

The road to the White House leads to the heart of the nation's political power today. Polls are open for presidential primaries in Washington, Maryland and Virginia. A total of 168 delegates are at stake. Democrat⁵ Barack Obama is hoping to build on momentum⁶ he gained with victories over the weekend against Hillary Clinton. And Republican John McCain wants to maintain the big advantage he grabbed in last week's Super Tuesday contest while Mike Huckabee hopes to stay in the race.

Closing arguments have wrapped up in Canton Ohio in Bobby Cutts Jr.'s murder trial. The former police officer is accused of killing⁷ his pregnant girlfriend Jessie Davis last June. In tearful testimony⁸ yesterday, he said he elbowed her in the throat and she fell, but he didn't mean to hurt her. Prosecutors⁹ say Cutts was angry over mounting child support and strangled her. He's pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.

Russia and Ukraine seemed to have resolved their latest dispute over energy resources. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom was threatening to cut off supplies to Ukraine if it failed to pay 1.5 billion dollars in debt. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Yushchenko have announced that they reached an agreement both on paying the bill and on the coming year's gas prices.

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 treasury
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。 This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 overdue
adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的
参考例句：
The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。 The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

3 affordable
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
参考例句：
The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。 There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

4 workforce
n.劳动大军，劳动力
参考例句：
A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。 A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

5 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

6 momentum
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
参考例句：
We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。 The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

7 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

9 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。