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From the CNN Center in Atlanta. I'm Nicole Lapin. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

We now have a name and a face but still no motive¹ for the deadly shooting at Northern Illinois University. A law enforcement source identified the shooter as 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak. NIU's president says that he actually graduated from the school in 2006 with a degree in sociology. John Peters, the president says that Kazmierczak had a very good academic record and didn't have any previous run-ins with the law. Yet he had recently stopped taking an unspecified medication. Kazmierczak was a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. Investigators² are now searching his apartment there for any more clues.

And officials meanwhile have now confirmed to CNN the death of a 15-year-old student Lawrence King. He was shot in the back of the head on Tuesday by a fellow student at EO Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California. The alleged³ shooter was then arrested later that day. He's been charged with attempted murder but we expect that charge to be upgraded.

And in Ohio, a jury has convicted a former Canton police officer of murdering his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child. Bobby Cutts Jr. now faces a possible death sentence for murdering Jessie Davis and the fetus⁴. During testimony⁵ this week, Cutts said that he accidentally killed Davis when he hit her in the throat during a disagreement. He also claimed that he panicked and dumped her body in a park last June. The judge says that the sentencing phase will start in about ten days.

One of the most powerful unions in the country is now backing Senator Barack Obama. The nearly 2 million members of the Services Employees International Union has endorsed⁷ him earlier this afternoon. This is expected to give Obama's campaign a boost heading into the delegate heavy votes in Texas and in Ohio next month. The union has pledged $25 million to campaigns in the past 20 years.

Senator John McCain also picking up a really key endorsement⁸. CNN has learnt that former President George H. W. Bush will endorse⁶ the Arizona Senator. McCain will likely travel to Texas next week to accept that endorsement.

That's a quick look at what's making news this hour. Stay with CNN for more on those stories and other news of the day.

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1 motive
n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的
参考例句：
The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。 He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

2 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
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This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 fetus
n.胎，胎儿
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In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。 No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。

5 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
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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。

6 endorse
vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意
参考例句：
No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。 I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

7 endorsed
vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
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The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。来自《简明英汉词典》 The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 endorsement
n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注
参考例句：
We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。 His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。