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1. New court documents show that Vice President Cheney's former Chief of Staff Lewis Libby says President Bush approved the leak of classified intelligence on Iraq. The court documents don't say whether Bush or Cheney authorized Libby to reveal the name of former CIA agent Valerie Plame .
2. Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani testified in the final phase of Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial Thursday. Giuliani told jurors it felt like a minor earthquake when the first World Trade Center Tower fell. Moussaoui is facing the death penalty.
3. One day after Katie Couric announced that she's leaving the NBC "Today" show for CBS. "The Today Show" announced that her replacement will be "The View" co-host ---Meredith Vieira.
4. Researchers say they have found the fossilized remains of prehistoric fish that could move around on land. Scientists say this new discovery is important to the evolutionary chain, because it will help researchers learn more about how fish evolved into land creatures
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. classified :adjective
describes information that is officially stated to be secret:
e.g. These documents contain classified material.
2. intelligence :group noun [U]
secret information about the governments of other countries, especially enemy governments, or a group of people who gather and deal with this information:
e.g. They received intelligence (reports) that the factory was a target for the bombing.
3. fossilized :adjective
having become a fossil(化石):
4. prehistoric :adjective
describing the period before there were written records:
e.g. Painting originated in prehistoric times.
5. evolve :verb [I or T]
to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually:
e.g. Humans evolved from apes.
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