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Hello to you I'm Stacey Elgin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

A radical1 move to try to thaw2 out the frozen credit market. The government says it will buy huge amounts of short-term business debt. The practice has come to a standstill since the current financial meltdown. The Fed hopes the move will kick-start short-term loans and help to unfreeze longer-term credit.

Taking a look once again at the live pictures from Congress  grilling3 AIG executives about why the company went south. The government is propping4 up the massive insurance company with an 85-billion-dollar loan. Documents obtained by a Democratic-led House Committee show AIG executives hid their increasingly risky5 investments from company auditors6. Not at the hearing today was AIG's biggest single shareholder7, former CEO Maurice Greenberg says he is sick.

Police say financial problems led a California man to kill his family then himself. His body was found yesterday in his L.A. home along with his wife, 3 kids and mother-in-law. They say the man was an unemployed8 financial manager. The killer9 wrote in a suicide note that killing10 himself and murdering his family was more honorable than just taking his own life.

A federal judge in Washington is ordering a small group of Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo to be released immediately. The judge says the prisoners are no longer considered enemy combatants. They've been held now for nearly 7 years.

Well it's exactly four weeks until Election Day but only hours until tonight's presidential debate in Nashville , Tennessee. John McCain and Barack Obama have been preparing ahead of the big night. This afternoon Obama holds a campaign rally in Nashville. There are no events scheduled for McCain although his running-mate Sarah Palin had an event earlier today in Florida. Don't forget you can catch the debate and post-debate reaction right here on CNN.com live.

And that's a look at the latest headlines for you this hour, do be sure to stay with CNN for more on these stories and of course other news of the day.


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1 radical hA8zu     
n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的
参考例句：
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
2 thaw fUYz5     
v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和
参考例句：
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
3 grilling fda9f429e8dac4e73e506139874fd98f     
v.烧烤( grill的现在分词 )；拷问，盘问
参考例句：
  • The minister faced a tough grilling at today's press conference. 部长在今天的记者招待会上受到了严厉的盘问。
  • He's grilling out there in the midday sun. 他在外面让中午火辣辣的太阳炙烤着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 propping 548f07f69caff3c98b65a959401073ee     
支撑
参考例句：
  • You can usually find Jack propping up the bar at his local. 你常常可以看见杰克频繁出没于他居住的那家酒店。
  • The government was accused of propping up declining industries. 政府被指责支持日益衰败的产业。
5 risky IXVxe     
adj.有风险的，冒险的
参考例句：
  • It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
  • He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
6 auditors 7c9d6c4703cbc39f1ec2b27542bc5d1a     
n.审计员，稽核员( auditor的名词复数 )；（大学课程的）旁听生
参考例句：
  • The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year. 那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。
  • a meeting to discuss the annual accounts and the auditors' report thereon 讨论年度报表及其审计报告的会议
7 shareholder VzPwU     
n.股东，股票持有人
参考例句：
  • The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
  • A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。
8 unemployed lfIz5Q     
adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的
参考例句：
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
9 killer rpLziK     
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
10 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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