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1. The so-called morning-after pill will soon be available over the counter. The Food and Drug Administration is allowing Plan B to be sold to women 18 and older without a prescription. Girls 17 and younger will still need a doctor's note to buy the pills.
2. Dutch prosecutors say they found no evidence of a terrorist threat aboard this Northwest flight and plan to release the twelve suspects. The men, all Indian nationals, were arrested yesterday after they aroused suspicion. The plane which was headed to India returned to Amsterdam as a precaution.
3. It's time to rewrite the science books. Seventy-six years after it was discovered, leading astronomers are ruling Pluto isn't a planet after all. That's because it doesn't meet a new definition for planets.
4. Apple is recalling nearly two million Sony-built notebook batteries. That's because they could overheat and catch fire. The recall comes just days after Dell recalled batteries for the same problem.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. arouse : verb
If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
e.g. We left in the daytime so as not to arouse suspicion.
2. astronomer : n-count
An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space |