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Hope you’re having a great day, I’m Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

The House has just approved a massive Wall Street bailout just four days after voting down a version of the rescue plan. And President Bush signed it a short time later. The move capped a hectic¹, sometimes chaotic² week on Capitol Hill. The Senate resurrected that 700-billion-dollar bailout and added several provisions worth $110 billion to improve its chances in the House. Nearly 50 members switched sides in the House. And the measure passed by a comfortable margin⁴. It went down to 263 to 171.

It’s coming at the same time as US vice-presidential candidates took their first and only debate to the stage. Last night they were polite but pointed⁵. That’s how a lot of pundits⁶ are describing Thursday’s night exchange between Democrat⁷ Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin. Among the topics they covered were the economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the environment. And neither candidate, we should say, made any serious missteps.

Investigators⁸ have found human remains⁹ in the wreckage¹⁰ of Steve Fossett’s plane. The DNA¹¹ of a bone is now being tested at a California lab. Earlier this week hikers found Fossett’s ID, cards, cash and other things in this area. Authority said that the plane crashed head-on into a mountain and storm clouds may have played a part in this accident. The millionaire adventurer disappeared 13 months ago.

Wachovia wants to walk away from its tentative deal with Citigroup, now announcing instead it’s gonna merged¹² with banking¹³ giant Wells Fargo. The announcement has Wall Street happy with stock futures¹⁴ higher on the news. The deal would be worth $15.1 billion. Investors¹⁵ like it because it hasn’t been forced by the regulators and also it doesn’t use government money. Citigroup, however, does not like it. It has already demanded that Wachovia and Wells Fargo terminate this proposal. In a statement Citigroup says it has an exclusive agreement with Wachovia.

Apparently¹⁶ there will be no mistrial in the Alaska Senator Ted³ Stevens’ corruption¹⁷ case. The judge ruled against the defense¹⁸ despite finding that the prosecutors¹⁹ broke rules requiring them to turn over evidence favorable to the 84-year-old lawmaker. The trail is recessed²⁰ until Monday. Stevens is accused of failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from an oil services contractor²¹.

And those are the headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source, online, on TV or on your cell phone. Take care.

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1 hectic
adj.肺病的；消耗热的；发热的；闹哄哄的
参考例句：
I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。 The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。

2 chaotic
adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的
参考例句：
Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。 The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

3 ted
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
参考例句：
The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。 She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

4 margin
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
参考例句：
We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。 The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

5 pointed
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。 She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

6 pundits
n.某一学科的权威，专家( pundit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The pundits disagree on the best way of dealing with the problem. 如何妥善处理这一问题，专家众说纷纭。来自辞典例句 That did not stop Chinese pundits from making a fuss over it. 这并没有阻止中国的博学之士对此大惊小怪。来自互联网

7 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

8 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

9 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。 New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

11 DNA
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
参考例句：
DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。 Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

12 merged
（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )；相融；融入；渐渐消失在某物中
参考例句：
Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。 The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。

13 banking
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
参考例句：
John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。 He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

14 futures
n.期货，期货交易
参考例句：
He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。 Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

15 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

16 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

17 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

18 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

19 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

20 recessed
v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的过去式和过去分词 )；将（墙）做成凹形，在（墙）上做壁龛；休息，休会，休庭
参考例句：
My rooms were large, with deeply recessed windows and painted, eighteenth-century panellin. 我住的房间很宽敞，有向里凹陷很深的窗户，油漆过的十八世纪的镶花地板。来自辞典例句 The Geneva meeting recessed while Kennety and Khrushchev met in Vienna. 肯尼迪同赫鲁晓夫在维也纳会晤时，日内瓦会议已经休会。来自辞典例句

21 contractor
n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌
参考例句：
The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。 The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。