美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-11（在线收听）

1. Larry Birkhead says DNA tests prove he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter. He emerged triumphant from a closed hearing in the Bahamas to announce the results. Dannielynn could inherit a fortune in the wake of her mother's death in February.

2. The Rutgers women's basketball team will sit down with radio talk show host Don Imus behind close doors. This after Imus's comment about the team raised the ire of civil rights leaders and Rutgers University. Imus was given a two-week suspension from the air.

3. Stem cell debate in the Senate. A presidential veto is expected for one bill subsidizing stem cell research using human embryos. But another bill could find more favor, funding studies on embryos incapable of developing into fetuses.

4. A new homeowner in North Carolina makes a dreaded discovery. Her new home was also home for thousands of bats over the years. It's loaded with bat feces found to contain E.coli. Now a repair bill is approaching 25,000 dollars.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. ire: n-count
Ire means anger or wrath.

2. dreaded: adj
Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.

3. feces: n-uncount
Feces is the solid waste substance that people and animals get rid of from their body by passing it through anus.