美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-18

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1. 26-year-old Kevin Underwood was charged with 1st-degree murder in Purcell, Oklahoma Monday for the brutal¹ death of his 10-year-old neighbor Jamie Rose Bolin. Police say Underwood sexually assaulted the girl after he killed her and say he planned to eat the corpse².

2. At least 9 people were killed after a suicide bomber³ set off a device near a crowded fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv. Nearly 50 were wounded in the attack. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.

3. The annual White House Easter Egg Roll was held Monday despite wet weather. First Lady Laura Bush and President Bush presided over the traditional egg roll. The Family Pride Coalition⁴ encouraged same-sex couples to attend this year.

4. Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and the Sun Herald⁵ of Gulfport, Mississippi, each won Public Service Awards for their coverage⁶ of Hurricane Katrina. The Washington Post won a total of 4 Pulitzers.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. corpse :noun [C]
a dead body, usually of a person

2. Pulitzer Prize :noun
one of the eight prizes given every year in the US to people who have produced especially good work in journalism⁷ (=writing for newspapers) , literature, or music. The prizes were started by the US newspaper owner Joseph Pulitzer(1847-1911), and winning a Pulitzer Prize is a great honour.

3. coverage :noun [U]
the reporting of a particular important event or subject:
e.g. What did you think of the BBC's election coverage?