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1. 2,500 American service members have died in the Iraq War. That number comes from the Pentagon today which also says nearly 18,500 troops were wounded since the war began in 2003.
2. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave in to a rare show of emotion while helping dedicate the site of a new 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon. Rumsfeld appeared to choke up while talking about the 184 people killed during the terrorist attack.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers star Ben Roethlisberger is out of a hospital today, but it's unclear where he'll continue his recovery. The 24-year-old spent 2 days in the hospital after crashing his motorcycle. He needed a surgery to repair broken facial bones.
4. It appears the gold rush is still on. This California man hired workers to dig a 60-foot-deep hole in his front yard after his metal detector picked up something. But officials shut down the operation, citing safety issues.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. dedicate : verb
to hold an official ceremony to say that a building or an object has a special purpose or is special to the memory of a particular person.
e.g. A memorial stone was dedicated to those who were killed in the war.
2. choke up : phrasal verb
(NAmE) to find it difficult to speak, because of the strong emotion that you are feeling.
e.g. She choked up when she began to talk about her mother.
3. gold rush : n-count
A gold rush is a situation when a lot of people suddenly go to a place where gold has been discovered.
4. pick up : phrasal verb
If a piece of equipment, for example a radio or a microphone, picks up a signal or sound, it receives it or detects it.
e.g. We can pick up Italian television.
5. cite : verb
to mention something as a reason or an example, or in order to support what you are saying.
e.g. He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown.
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