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1. The suspect in this morning's shooting rampage in Baton Rouge Louisiana is now behind bars. Police say 25-year-old Anthony Bell shot and killed four people at a church, then abducted and killed his wife. No word on a motive.
2. A possible break in the Natalee Holloway case. Dutch police have detained a man who worked at an Aruban casino where the American teen was staying on suspicion of being involved in her death. The teen vanished last year during a trip to the Caribbean island.
3. Three of the five miners killed in an explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine yesterday likely survived the initial blast, the coroner says they died of carbon monoxide poisoning, the other two miners died from multiple blunt force trauma and heat injuries.
4. It took less than ten seconds (and) set about 2, 000 pounds of explosives for crews to bring down this tower at a closed nuclear power plant. The tower was nearly 500 feet tall.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rampage : noun
A course of violent frenzied behavior or action.
2. casino : n-count
A casino is a building or room where people play gambling games such as roulette.
3. coroner : n-count
A coroner is an official who is responsible for investigating the deaths of people who have died in a sudden, violent, or unusual way.
e.g. The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
4. carbon monoxide : n-uncount ------一氧化碳
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that is produced especially by the engines of vehicles.
5. trauma : n-var
Trauma is a very severe shock or very upsetting experience, which may cause psychological damage.
e.g. I'd been through the trauma of losing a house.
6. blunt force trauma
Trauma caused by impact or force applied from a blunt object. Blunt force trauma is the most common type of injury sustained by humans, and is a broad term covering trauma like contusions, abrasions, lacerations, and bone fracture. Blunt force trauma can cause death if sufficiently severe. Serious internal injuries may occur without significant signs of external injury, including lacerated or torn internal organs and tissue. Cardiac concussion, or a heavy blow to the region of the heart, can cause cardiac arrest.
7. bring down
To cause to fall or collapse.
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