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1. There's been a steady stream of voters in New Orleans first mayoral election since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Activists are concerned that not enough of the city's displaced population returned to cast their ballots, and say the results may not reflect the will of the many minority residents who've been scattered around the country. Incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin is facing more than 20 challengers.
2. More oil pain at the pumps. AAA says the average cost for a gallon of regular is $ 2. 88. The price jumped 3 cents from yesterday.
3. Swedish authorities are trying to solve the puzzle of a man found floating on a makeshift raft in the waters between Denmark and Norway Friday. The man says his name is George Williams, and that he is an American, and was thrown off a ship several days earlier.
4. Miss Kentucky, Tara Elizabeth Conner, was crowned Miss USA last night at the 55th annual pageant. The 20-year-old new titleholder is a business student.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. mayoral :adjective
adjective for mayor
e.g. mayoral duties
2. scatter :verb [I or T]
to (cause to) move far apart in different directions:
e.g. The protesters scattered at the sound of gunshots.
3. incumbent :adjective [before noun]
officially having the named position:
e.g. The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.
4. regular : noun [U]
petrol that contains lead
5. makeshift :adjective
temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need:
e.g. Thousands of refugees are living in makeshift camps.
6. raft :noun [C]
a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a flat end):
e.g. We lashed together anything that would float to make a raft.
7. pageant :noun [C]
a competition for young women in which they are judged on their beauty and other qualities:
e.g. a beauty pageant
8. titleholder :noun [C]
a person who is in the position of having beaten all other competitors in a sports competition:
e.g. The field includes Portugal's Rosa Mota, the Olympic, world and European titleholder.
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