美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-10（在线收听）

1. The mother of Anna Nicole Smith blames drugs for her daughter's death, saying she was too drugged up. A medical examiner in Broward County, Florida performed an autopsy Friday, trying to determine what killed the 39-year-old Playboy playmate and model.

2. The snow keeps coming in parts of New York State - 88 inches in some towns in Oswego County and maybe 100 inches in certain spot. Another 2 feet of snow is possible.

3. A violent clash between Muslim worshippers and Israeli police at a Jerusalem holy site. Worshippers threw stones, bottles and trash and police fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd. They are upset about renovation work Israelis are doing nearby.

4. And in Brazil, a man rescues his 8-year-old grandson from a 16-foot long, 77-pound snake. The anaconda wrapped itself around the boy. The grandfather beat the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour. The boy got 21 stitches in his chest where he was bitten.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. autopsy: n-count
An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.

2. anaconda: n-count
An anaconda is a large non-venomous arboreal snake of tropical South America that kills its prey by suffocating it in its coils.

3. stitch: n-count
A stitch is a piece of thread that has been used to sew the skin of a wound together.