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I am Asieh Namdar, at the CNN. com newsroom at Atlanta. Here is a look at what is happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

A public appeal from Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar winning actress and singer is using her Myspace blog to ask readers to help find her missing nephew. The boy is 7-year-old Julian Hudson. He was missing in Friday when Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were found shot to death inside their house. The boy's stepfather, 27-year-old William Balfor has been transferred to Illinois state custody1 for parole violation2. He was brought in for questioning about the Hudson case, but he has not been charged.

A fast pace weekend in presidential politics, the candidates are blazing the trail in the western, mid-west with all over weeks go on to the election day. On the Democratic sides, Senator Barack Obama makes campaign strikes in Colorado Sunday hosting multiple events. Saturday at one of his campaign stops in New Mexico he compared John McCain's criticism of President Bush to "Robin3 getting mad at Batman. " Meantime McCain's campaign in the west and mid-west, he is telling about his tax plan by labeling Obama attacks and spend Democrats4.

Israel maybe holding early elections after failed the attempts to form a new government. Prime Minister Designates Tzipi Livni has been trying to form a coalition5 since winning her party's election last month. She met with President Shimon Peres Sunday afternoon, to tell him of the decision. The new election most likely will be held next February or March.

The story of bravery for a pet dog in Melbourne, Australia, house fire nearly killed this few little pup and several kittens. The fire broke out Saturday all 4 people inside their house were able to escape, but their dog Leo was trapped inside. Firefighters found the dog curled up on a box protecting 4 kittens from the smoke and flames. Leo was rushed out and revived after taking in too much smoke. He has been given a clean bill of health.

And finally, they danced, they sang, and they've made millions of dollars. The kids from "High School Musical" via all gruaduating and being on top of the box office. Sound a graduation gift the 1st of the series to be released in theaters jumped up the competition, bringing in forty two million in sales. Quiet an insult to one of the masters in the horn franchise6 "SAW V" couldn't cut off those kids and has settled for second place. It closed about 31 million this weekend. And running got the top three, action flick7 the "Max Payne", the popular video game adaptation, starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis brought in 7. 6 million.

And those are the headlines, 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 custody Qntzd     
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
2 violation lLBzJ     
n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯
参考例句：
  • He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
  • He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
3 robin Oj7zme     
n.知更鸟，红襟鸟
参考例句：
  • The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
  • We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。
4 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》
5 coalition pWlyi     
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
6 franchise BQnzu     
n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权
参考例句：
  • Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
  • The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
7 flick mgZz1     
n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动
参考例句：
  • He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
  • By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

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