美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-23（在线收听）

1. A Florida attorney says Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas after a day of courtroom drama. Judge Larry Seidlin decided the attorney appointed to represent Smith's infant daughter will be the one to decide the celebrity's final resting place.
2. The US military says it's studying the 8 helicopter downings in Iraq this month including Wednesday's, saying at least some of the attacks appeared to have been planned ambushes. In the latest case, all 9 aboard survived.

3. The Agriculture Department announces the first major changes to food safety inspections in 10 years. The government says changes at 250 meat and poultry plants will address concerns about E. coli and other food-borne illnesses.

4. Residents in Lynchburg, Virginia managed to catch a steer that escaped Tuesday, luring the animal in with a bucket of food. Two others are still on the loose.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. drama: noun
You can refer to a real situation which is exciting or distressing as drama.

2. on the loose: phrase
If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place.