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1. The Associated Press has obtained a video showing former FEMA director Micheal Brown warning President Bush and other senior administration officials about the dangers of Hurricane Katrina the day before it struck New Orleans.
2. The U.S. Senate voted to renew the Patriot Act Thursday despite an unsuccessful filibuster by senator Russ Feingold. The House is expected to approve the bill next week, the current bill, which has been extended twice, expires next Friday.
3. A suicide bomber set off an explosive device outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi Thursday, killing at least 4 people and wounding more than 50. The attack comes just one day before President Bush is due to visit Pakistan.
4. And one lucky dog named Rocky won't have his world rock upside-down. Rocky's old owner was moving and couldn't take him along, the people who bought Rocky's home included him in the deal, so Rocky gets to live in the same house.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. consulate
consulate consulates
A consulate is the place where a consul works.
They managed to make contact with the British consulate in Lyons.
N-COUNT: oft supp N
2. upside down
upside down
If something has been moved upside down, it has been turned round so that the part that is usually lowest is above the part that is usually highest.
The painting was hung upside down.
Salter held the bag by the corners and shook it upside down.
ADV: ADV after v, n ADV also upside-down.
+ upside down
Also an adjective.
His eyes were open and everything he saw was upside down.
Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.
ADJ also upside-down.
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