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1. In Denver, President Barack Obama is signing the economic stimulus¹ bill into law today. He says the plan creates jobs, consumer spending and public optimism. It's the most sweeping² economic package in decades and a big win for Obama's one-month-old administration.

2. Florida investigators³ say they're working new leads in the disappearance⁴ of five-year-old Haleigh Cummings. They aren't giving specifics but they did say the girl's neighbors offered new information. Haleigh vanished from her father's home more than a week ago.

3. A 16-year-old civilian⁵ girl was found dead and another was found unresponsive in an army barracks in Washington State. The second teen is hospitalized and listed in stable condition. Officials say there are no outward signs of physical trauma⁶ on either girl and they are now awaiting the results of an autopsy⁷.

4. This video may be an Internet hit but it's a disaster for Japan's finance minister. He's resigning to calm critics who say he was drunk at a recent summit. He says cold medicine and fatigue⁸ made him groggy⁹. He had promised to stay at his post until parliament passed budget.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. barracks: n [plural]

a building or group of buildings in which soldiers live

2. fatigue: n.

very great tiredness

3. groggy: adj.

weak and unable to move well or think clearly because you are ill or very tired