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Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

 

Congress will ask the Justice Department to investigate whether seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens lied under oath before a House Committee earlier this month. Oversight1 and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking member Tom Davis wrote a letter to Attorney General Mike Mukasey. Clemens's former trainer Brain McNamee told federal investigators2 he injected the pitcher3 with performance enhancing drugs during his career. Clemens denies the accusation4.

 

Polygamist sect5 leader Warren Jeffs has entered a not-guilty plea to sex charges in Kingman Arizona. He is accused of arranging the marriages of two teenage girls to old men. Jeffs was brought to Arizona from a Utah prison where he's severing6 two consecutive7 sentences of five years to life. Last year he was convicted of rape8 by an accomplice9 in a similar case in Utah.

 

Police in Maryland say a school bus was going too fast when the vehicle tipped over this morning. The driver and three middle school students were hurt in the accident. A Prince George's county fire department spokesman says the injuries did not appear to be life threatening. The other thirty-seven people on board the bus were taken to a hospital for evaluation10. The driver will be charged with failure to yield to oncoming traffic and speeding.

 

In Colombia, a spokesman for the Red Cross says four hostages are free. Rebels in the country had been holding the four politicians for more than six years. The Red Cross says they've been flown to Venezuela in helicopters.

 

The man many considered a father of modern Conservatism is dead. William F. Buckley Jr. was an influential11 voice in the Conservative Movement beginning in the 1950s. Buckley hosted the long-running PBS series Firing Line and funded the biweekly magazine National Review. His body was found at his Connecticut home this morning. The cause of death has not been announced. But Buckley had been ill with emphysema. He was 82 years old.

 

Well, those are the headlines this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.

 


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1 oversight WvgyJ     
n.勘漏，失察，疏忽
参考例句：
  • I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
  • Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。
2 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 pitcher S2Gz7     
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手
参考例句：
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
4 accusation GJpyf     
n.控告，指责，谴责
参考例句：
  • I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
  • She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。
5 sect 1ZkxK     
n.派别，宗教，学派，派系
参考例句：
  • When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
  • Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。
6 severing 03ba12fb016b421f1fdaea1351e38cb3     
v.切断，断绝( sever的现在分词 )；断，裂
参考例句：
  • The death of a second parent is like severing an umbilical cord to our past. 父母当中第二个人去世，就象斩断了把我们同过去联在一起的纽带。 来自辞典例句
  • The severing theory and severing method for brittle block are studied. 研究裂纹技术应用于分离脆性块体的分离理论和分离方法。 来自互联网
7 consecutive DpPz0     
adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
参考例句：
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
8 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
参考例句：
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
9 accomplice XJsyq     
n.从犯，帮凶，同谋
参考例句：
  • She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
  • He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。
10 evaluation onFxd     
n.估价，评价；赋值
参考例句：
  • I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
  • The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。
11 influential l7oxK     
adj.有影响的，有权势的
参考例句：
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

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