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This is your NOW IN THE NEWS update; I'm Reggie Aqui, from the CNN center in Atlanta.

Worldwide recession fears sent many world stock markets going down today. The Dow opened down sharply before recovering some of its losses. Tokyo's Nikkei downed more than 11 percent. Many European markets also saw losses. Japan's Prime Minister blamed the market trouble on America's quote: "insufficient1 bailout plan".

The economy dominated the third and final presidential debate from Hofstra University. Senator John McCain continued to criticize Senator Barack Obama's economic plan as one that is unfriendly to small businesses. Obama fired back by saying McCain's economics is no better than President Bush's. According to a CNN poll taken shortly after the debate last night, 58 percent say Barack Obama did the best job, 31 percent say John McCain won it. The poll sampled 10 percent more Democrats2 than Republicans, so keep that in mind.

Social security benefits are about to go up by sixty bucks3. That is the largest jump in more than twenty five years. The increase won't be enough by monthly Medicare premiums4, which will stay the same. Fifty five million Americans can expect to start getting those bigger checks by next year.

Relentless5 winds that spread 3 huge wild fires in Southern California have finally died down. Fire crew say the biggest fire, the Porter Ranch6 blaze is 50 percent contained. They believed a downed power line started that fire. All the evacuation orders were lifted yesterday.

They feared the worst, and they got pretty lucky. Puerto Rico, the Virgin7 Islands and other parts of the Northern Caribbean got far less damage from Hurricane Omar than expected. That storm is now moving away from the region after passing overnight, between Saint Martin and the US Virgin Islands as a major Category Three. It's been downgraded now to a Category One hurricane. Omar is expected to keep chirring toward the open Atlantic and far away from the US mainland.

And you are now up to date, those are your headlines. Please stick with us here at CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.


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1 insufficient L5vxu     
adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的
参考例句：
  • There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
  • In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。
2 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 bucks a391832ce78ebbcfc3ed483cc6d17634     
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃
参考例句：
  • They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
  • They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 premiums efa999cd01994787d84b066d2957eaa7     
n.费用( premium的名词复数 )；保险费；额外费用；（商品定价、贷款利息等以外的）加价
参考例句：
  • He paid premiums on his life insurance last year. 他去年付了人寿保险费。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums. 现正在酝酿提高汽车的保险费。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 relentless VBjzv     
adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的
参考例句：
  • The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
  • Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。
6 ranch dAUzk     
n.大牧场，大农场
参考例句：
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
7 virgin phPwj     
n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
参考例句：
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

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