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1. Hours after a former Illinois police sergeant¹ suspected in his fourth wife's disappearance³ turned himself in, he was released. Police had issued a warrant for Drew Peterson’s arrest in an unrelated weapons charge. Authorities are also investigating the death of Peterson's third wife.  

2. Ted² Kennedy has left the hospital and is back home in Cape⁴ Cod⁵. Doctors say Kennedy has recovered remarkably⁶ quickly from a brain biopsy. They say he'll recuperate⁷ over the holiday weekend and wait for further test results.

3. President Bush has vetoed the 300 billion-dollar farm bill. He's calling it a tax increase on regular Americans at a time of high food prices but record farm profits. It's his 10th veto and one that's likely to be overridden⁸ by Congress which passed the bill with a veto-proof majority.

4. If you fly American Airlines and want to check a bag, you are ready to pay 15 dollars for the privilege. American will become the first major carrier to institute a fee for the first piece of luggage. Just last month it joined a number of other airlines in charging 25 dollars for a second bag.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. recuperate: v.

to get better again after an illness or injury

2. veto-proof: adj.

Veto-proof describes those votes with a margin⁹ sufficient to override¹⁰ a veto, should it occur.

Since a 2/3 vote is required to override, a veto-proof majority is 290 in the House and 67 in the Senate.