CNN 2009-06-24（在线收听）

Hello, I am Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's Tuesday, June 23rd. here's a look at some of the stories happening Now In The News.

The mayor of Washington DC says at least 7 people were killed in a metro rail crash yesterday in the nation's capital. Two trains on the same track heading in the same direction at rush hour. Metro officials say the one in the front was stopped. The second train plowed (ploughed) into it. More than 200 firefighters responded to the rescue of the people that were trapped inside.

Also we are watching new development s out of Iran today. Election officials there are now saying there is no way to throw out the election result s and the country's state-run media says President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad will be sworn in the office between the 26th of July and the 19th of August.

Singer Chris Brown is pleaded guilty to assaulting singer Rihanna. But he won't have to serve any jail time. Under a plea deal, Brown must serve five years of probation, 6 months of community labor. The Los Angeles judge also ordered the singers to stay away from each other.

Court did address Rihanna and stated that although the stay away order pertains specifically to Chris, Rihanna should not contact him either. Because if Rihanna contacts Chris, that would be a violation on Chris's part. So the court understood that it was unlikely that Rihanna would contact Chris. But so far we're explicitly telling Rihanna not to contact Chris as well.

Longtime television star ED Mcmahon has died, he was best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on the tonight show for 30 years. Mcmahon also hosted the talent show Star Search. Now in the past few years he suffered from health and financial problems. His publicist says Mcmahon passed away peacefully at a Los Angeles hospital. Ed Mcmanhon was 86.

You are up to date. Those are the headlines making news of this hour. Do stay with CNN, CNN.com. For more on these stories or other news that develops today.

Plough (also plow)

to move with a lot of effort or force

We ploughed through the thick mud.

throw somebody/something ↔ out

if people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it

The idea was thrown out by the committee. The bill was thrown out by the Senate.