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Hi, everyone. I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Hurricane Gustav has reached Category 4 status, with sustained winds near 145 miles per hour. Highways along the US Gulf¹ Coast have been choked with people trying to leave threatened cities. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says Gustav is extremely dangerous and people should heed² the warnings.

"I am strongly, strongly encouraging everyone in the city to evacuate³. Start the process now. Go north if you can, because the storm may continue to turn a little bit west. So if you can go north, that would be good. My message today is to tourist, in addition, it's time for you to leave the city. All tourists, I'm asking you to start the process of evacuating⁴ from our city. Do not wait, start the evacuation process. If the …"

In India, 20 people are missing after a rescue boat capsized. More than 300, 000 people have been rescued from India's worst flooding in fifty years. But nearly twice that many are stranded⁵ without food or water.

A memorial service for Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones in Cleveland today. Tubbs Jones was the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress. She died of a brain hemorrhage Aug. 28th, at age 58. Presidential candidate Barack Obama is among the many attending. He said he was struck by how unassuming Tubbs Jones was even after spending more than a decade in Congress.

DNA⁶ evidence is helping⁷ police solve a string of killings⁸ in California. First police in Santa Monica have linked one man to the murders of three women dating back to 1993. The suspect is in jail and denies the charges. Meanwhile, police in LA are using DNA evidence to track down another suspected serial⁹ killer¹⁰. They now say one person is linked to the shootings of 11 people dating back to 1985. They don't have a suspect because the DNA doesn't map samples in the crime databases.

In Minnesota, an anarchist¹¹ group is accusing police of trying to disrupt their planned protest at the Republican National Convention, when they’ve raided the group's office. It happened in St. Paul last night. The group says it didn't do anything illegal. They say police detained and photographed at least 50 people. Police searched the group's office but won't say what they were looking for.

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

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1 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 heed
v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心
参考例句：
You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。 For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

3 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

4 evacuating
撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )；排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）；（从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空
参考例句：
The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。 Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

5 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

6 DNA
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
参考例句：
DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。 Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

7 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

9 serial
n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的
参考例句：
A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。 Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

10 killer
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。 The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

11 anarchist
n.无政府主义者
参考例句：
You must be an anarchist at heart.你在心底肯定是个无政府主义者。 I did my best to comfort them and assure them I was not an anarchist.我尽量安抚他们并让它们明白我并不是一个无政府主义者。