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I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com news room in Atlanta. Here is a look at what is happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

The polls are open in South Carolina. It is the first southern state to hold the Democratic primary this year. And the stakes are high for all the candidates. A loss in the state would be devastating¹ for Southern Carolina native John Edwards. Hillary Clinton is hoping for yet another victory after consecutive² wins in New Hampshire and Nevada. And the state, once a conservative opponent of civil rights, could be fertile ground for Barack Obama's brand of politics. Republicans would hold their next primary Tuesday in Florida.

In Chicago, an autopsy³ is planned today on the body of a woman found at an industrial site. The badly decomposed⁴ body was discovered yesterday near train tracks on the city's south side. The discovery has sparked speculation⁵ that remains⁶ could be those of Stacy Peterson who disappeared last October. Peterson's husband Drew who is a former Illinois police sergeant⁷ is suspected in her disappearance⁸.

Three people are dead and at least one person is still missing after avalanches⁹ in California San Gabriel Mountains. The latest victims were found by searchers this morning. Also today, a snowboarder who spent last night on the mountain was found unharmed. The avalanches follow several days of storming weather in California. Warmer temperatures would bring rain to the area today, but by tomorrow, heavy snow will be falling again. That snow would come from a new system that would bring heavy rain to southern part of the state.

He is accused in what may be the biggest case of bank fraud ever committed by single person. Futures¹⁰ trader Jerome Kerviel is being questioned by police in Paris. A French bank says the 31-year-old used fraudulent transactions to hide more than 7 billion dollars in losses. Police are also at the bank's headquarters, investigating the bank's potential role in the scandal and cleaning up a possible insider trading.

An American woman and her driver have been kidnapped in Afghanistan. The State Department says the woman and her driver were abducted¹¹ on the outskirt of Kandahar. The woman was identified as a worker for the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation which is based in the Philippines.

And those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the today, CNN is your source online on TV or when you are on the go.

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1 devastating
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
参考例句：
It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。 Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

2 consecutive
adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
参考例句：
It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。 The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

3 autopsy
n.尸体解剖；尸检
参考例句：
They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。 A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

4 decomposed
已分解的，已腐烂的
参考例句：
A liquid is decomposed when an electric current passes through it. 当电流通过时，液体就分解。 Water can be resolved [decomposed] into hydrogen and oxygen. 水可分解为氢和氧。

5 speculation
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。 There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

6 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 sergeant
n.警官，中士
参考例句：
His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。 How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

8 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

9 avalanches
n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。来自辞典例句 Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道，铁轨被弄得四分五裂。来自辞典例句

10 futures
n.期货，期货交易
参考例句：
He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。 Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

11 abducted
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )；使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。 The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。