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I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

We begin with a deadly fire at a mattress1 factory in Morocco. The Associated Press reports 55 people are dead. The news agency also says the blaze broke out on the ground floor of the factory in Casablanca. Some 150 people work there, dozens of firefighters were on site to try and bring the blaze under control.

Canada CTV reports 42 people are hurt after the floor of a church collapse2. It happened in Abbotsford British Columbia. Witnesses say the floor collapse caused a lighting3 system to fall on a crowd of about 1200 people who were attending a Christian4 rock concert. A number of people were seriously hurt.

Chicago's police superintendent5 says officers will now be armed with powerful M4-carbines in a bid to match the firepower of the city street gangs. Right now, rank-and-file officers are only allowed to carry handguns. Police are beefing up patrols after dozens of shootings left at least nine people dead last weekend.

A crew from a Spanish fishing boat has been set free. Twenty-six people were captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The Spanish government helped negotiate the release and now says they were in perfect health. The group was taken April 20th when the pirates approached the boat with grenade launchers.

And a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting endangered right whales from collisions with ships is heading to the full Senate. It would establish speed limits for vessels6 that travel through the whales' path in the North Atlantic. The mammals migrate from the southern US to the Gulf7 of Maine each summer. Collisions with ships is the NO.1 human cause of right whale deaths.

Well, those are the headlines this hour, for more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV or when you are on the go.


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1 mattress Z7wzi     
n.床垫，床褥
参考例句：
  • The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
  • The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光
参考例句：
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
4 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
5 superintendent vsTwV     
n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长
参考例句：
  • He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
  • He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。
6 vessels fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480     
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
参考例句：
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

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