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Hello everyone! I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Democratic caucus¹ sites in Wyoming report record turnout as voting continues this afternoon. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are battling it out for the western state's 12 delegates.

Ohio is battling a blizzard² today. More than a foot of snow has fallen in some places. Dozens of flights in and out of Ohio's airports are running late or not at all.

Let's turn it now to London, where former British Prime Minister Margret Thatcher³ has left a local hospital. The 82-year-old spent a night there after not feeling well Friday. Her spokesman says she is doing ok today.

Women around the world are holding rallies for International Women's Day with calls for more rights. In the Philippines, protestors called for President Gloria Arroyo⁴ to be ousted⁵ for alleged⁶ corruption⁷. In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai called for fewer childhood marriages and said women should not be forced into marriage by male relatives.

Back in the US, a mum who sprayed her two-year-old child with a pressure hose at a car wash is now charged with felony child abuse. That's according to the Orlando Sentinel. The 22-year-old woman who was five-month pregnant was arrested Friday after turning herself in. The car wash surveillance caught, camera caught her aiming a nozzle at her daughter at close range. You can see it there. She told police she first tested the water pressure on herself. The car wash manager turned the tape over to police after hearing the young girl's scream.

Well, most high school seniors can't wait to graduate, you know you'll get to turn your tassel⁸. But a West Virginia student is suing his county school board for letting him graduate. And now West Virginia Supreme⁹ Court is agreeing to hear his case. Thomas Sturm's lawyer says he should not have gotten a high school diploma, because he is still reading at a third-grade level. The school board says when Sturm was in school, neither he nor his parents filed any complaints.

Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV even when you're on the go.

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1 caucus
n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议
参考例句：
This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。 It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

2 blizzard
n.暴风雪
参考例句：
The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。 You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

3 thatcher
n.茅屋匠
参考例句：
Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险 Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

4 arroyo
n.干涸的河床，小河
参考例句：
She continued along the path until she came to the arroyo.她沿着小路一直走到小河边。 They had a picnic by the arroyo.他们在干枯的河床边野餐过。

5 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )；革职；罢黜；剥夺
参考例句：
He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。 He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

6 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

7 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

8 tassel
n.流苏，穗；v.抽穗，（玉米）长穗须
参考例句：
The corn has begun to tassel.玉米开始长出穗状雄花。 There are blue tassels on my curtains.我的窗帘上有蓝色的流苏。

9 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。