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1. Explosions rocked Beirut. Lebanese security officials say Israeli warships have been firing on the city southern suburbs. Local police reported at least five deaths. This after an Israeli raid that killed at least 23.
2. BP says it won't commit to a timeline to restart its oil field in Alaska. The company announced it's shutting down the nation's largest producing oil field after discovering corrosion in a transit pipeline system. Analysts have speculated it could take months to get the oil field back at normal flow rates.
3. Flights coming into Los Angeles International Airport were delayed for more than an hour. The computer system that guides landing planes onto the runway crashed, permitting only about half the number of landings expected. The busy airport is getting back to normal after the delays.
4. Martha Stewart settled her Securities and Exchange Commission charges. She will pay about 195,000 dollars and cannot serve as director of a public company for five years under the settlement
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. commit to: verb
If you commit yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it.
2. timeline: n-count.
A timeline means a schedule of activities or events; a timetable.
3. corrosion: n-uncount
Corrosion is the damage that is caused when something is corroded.
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