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1.Illinois Congressman¹ Jesse Jackson Jr. says he is not a target of the investigation² that led to the arrest of Governor Rod Blagojevich. Authorities accused Blagojevich of skimming to sell President-elect Barack Obama's open Senate seat.

2.Brooklyn authorities are searching for three people they say launched a vicious attack on an Ecuadorian immigrant early Sunday, leaving him brain-dead. Police say the assailants shouted anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs⁴ at the 31-year-old victim beating him with a baseball bat.

3.A court in Greece is ordering two police officers be held in jail until they go on trial for the fatal shooting of a teenage boy. The death sparked five days of rioting in Athens and other Greek cities. One of the officers is charged with murder. The other is charged as an accomplice⁵.

4.And two rare white lion cubs⁶ took some of their first steps at the Belgrade Zoo. White lions are unique to South Africa and are a genetic⁷ rarity. Conservationists say no white lion has been seen in the wild since 1994.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.skimming: n.

an act of attempting to get money from certain activities illegally

2.assailant: n.

someone who attacks another person [= attacker]

3.slur³: n.

an unfair criticism that is intended to make people dislike someone or something

4.accomplice: n.

a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong