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1. Firefighters are making progress on this 4200-acre wildfire in northern Arizona. Some of the residents evacuated from scenic Oak Creek Canyon were allowed to return home Saturday.
2. Some English soccer fans may be wearing out their welcome at the World Cup. More than 120 people were arrested early this morning for throwing bottles and glasses at passers-by. German police were called in to break up two brief but violent disturbances involving the fans.
3. The mother of murdered child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey has died. Patsy Ramsey lost her long battle with ovarian cancer. She was thrust into the spotlight in 1996 when her six-year-old daughter was found beaten and strangled in the family's Colorado home.
4. TV producer Aaron Spelling has died after having a stroke earlier this month. His string of hits included "The Mod Squad'", "Charlie's Angels" and "Melrose Place". He was 83.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. canyon : n-count, n-in-names
A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
2. wear out one's welcome : phrase
Visit for longer than one's host wants, as in "She wanted to stay another few days but feared she would wear out her welcome". This expression uses "wear out" in the sense of "exhaust" or "use up."
3. passer-by : n-count, also passerby, pl. passersby also passers-by
A passer-by is a person who is walking past someone or something.
e.g. A passer-by described what he saw moments after the car bomb had exploded.
4. beauty queen : n-count
A beauty queen is a woman who has won a beauty contest.
5. ovarian : adj
Ovarian means in or relating to the ovaries.
e.g. .a new treatment for ovarian cancer.
ovary : n-count
A woman's ovaries are the two organs in her body that produce eggs.
6. strangle : verb
To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
e.g. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
= throttle
7. hit : n-count
If a CD, film, or play is a hit, it is very popular and successful.
e.g. The song became a massive hit in 1945.
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