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1. Zacarias Moussaoui shouted "God curse you all." Wednesday after prosecutors closed their case seeking his execution. Before jurors were sent home for the day, they saw pictures of nearly 3,000 9/11 victims and listened to the cockpit voice recording of the last moments of United Flight 93.
2. The man blamed by many for the slow emergency response after Hurricane Katrina may get a new job helping Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish recover. The parish is considering hiring former Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown as a consultant.
3. Northern California saw 6 inches of rainfall Tuesday followed by dangerous mudslides Wednesday leaving one man missing. Rescuers say they are continuing to look for the 73-year-old Mill Valley man whose house is buried under a 12-foot wall of mud.
4. He may be a tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff, but he's joining the likes of Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Kiddie icon Winnie the Pooh got his own star in a ceremony time to coincide with the release of a honey-loving bear’s latest adventures on DVD
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. cockpit :noun [C]
the small enclosed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing car
2. consultant :noun [C]
someone who advises people on a particular subject:
3. tubby :adjective INFORMAL
short and slightly fat, with a round stomach
4. cubby :noun [C]
the baby of a wild animal such as a lion or a bear
5. stuffed:adjective
when something is filled with material in order to keep its shape:
6. fluff :noun [U]
small loose bits of wool or other soft material, or the down (= soft new hairs) on a young animal:
7. the likes of :
used to talk about people of a particular type
e.g. Information is collected through the likes of the FBI, CIA, and Scotland Yard.
8. kiddie :noun [C] INFORMAL
a young child:
9. coincide :verb
to happen at or near the same time:
e.g. I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's school holiday.
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