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1.Hurricane Dolly has reached shore near South Padre Island in Texas. The storm has forced thousands of people into shelters on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. As it headed inland, Dolly weakened slightly to a Category 1 storm with top winds near 95 miles per hour.

2.Barack Obama says it's in Israel's best interest to reach a lasting¹ peace with the Palestinians. Obama is trying to allay² doubts about his support for Israel saying he has an unshakable commitment to Israel's security.

3.Microsoft founder³ Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling 375 million dollars of their money into a global effort to cut smoking. The new effort will target developing countries where tobacco use is highest. The money will support projects that increase tobacco taxes, help smokers⁴ quit and protect nonsmokers from smoke exposure.

4.State police in Rhode Island say they arrested a man whose blood alcohol level was 0. 491 percent. That's the highest ever in the state for someone who wasn't dead. The 34-year-old was taken to a hospital for detox and was later arraigned⁶.

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1.Category 1 storm

Category 1 storms usually cause no significant damage to building structures; however, they can tip over unanchored mobile homes, as well as uproot⁷ or snap trees. Poorly attached roof shingles⁸ or tiles can blow off. Also, they produce some coastal⁹ flooding, as well as minor¹⁰ pier¹¹ damage.

Examples of storms of this intensity¹² include: Hurricane Alice (1954), Danny (1985), Jerry (1989), Ismael (1995), Gaston (2004), Humberto (2007) and, Dolly (2008) .

2.allay [transitive]v.
allay (somebody's) fear/concern/suspicion etc
to make someone feel less afraid, worried etc

3.pool [transitive]v.
to combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them

4.quit [intransitive and transitive]v.
especially American English to stop doing something, especially something that is bad or annoying [give up]

5.smoke exposure=exposure to smoke
exposure [uncountable]n.
when someone is in a situation where they are not protected from something dangerous or unpleasant
exposure to sth

6.detox [uncountable]n.
informal special treatment to help people stop drinking alcohol or taking drugs [= rehab]

7.arraign⁵ [transitive]v.
law to make someone come to court to hear what their crime is
arraign somebody on something