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1. Violence rocks the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Fatah Party activists took to the streets. Some burned abandoned cars; others shot guns in the air. The demonstration comes after their party lost to the militant Hamas movement during Wednesday's historic Palestinian parliament election.
2. The sole survivor of the Sago mine tragedy continues to make slow and steady progress. Doctors say Randal McCloy Junior was able to stand with the help of medical aids for the first time in 3 weeks. The 26-year-old miner is recovering at a West Virginia rehabilitation center after suffering long-term exposure to carbon monoxide.
3. A runaway barge remains pinned against a bridge in Louisville, Kentucky, but officials have reopened the Ohio River 12 hours after the incident. An unknown amount of diesel fuel and liquid asphalt leaked down during the crash.
4. Oprah Winfrey says she feels duped. The talk show queen confronted embattled author James Frey during her show. Frey is accused of embellishing parts of his best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" about his drug addiction and recovery
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. barge : noun [C]
a long boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy loads on rivers or canals 驳船, 游艇
2. pin : verb [T + adverb or preposition] -nn-
to force someone or something to stay in a particular place by putting weight on them:
e.g. Her body was pinned under the weight of the car.
3. diesel : noun
a type of heavy oil used as fuel: 柴油
e.g. My new car runs on (= uses) diesel.
4. asphalt : noun [U]
a black sticky substance mixed with small stones or sand, which forms a strong surface when it hardens: 沥青
5. dupe : verb [T]
to deceive someone, usually making them do something they did not intend to do:
The girls were duped by drug smugglers into carrying heroin for them.
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