美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-23

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1. A Florida attorney says Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas after a day of courtroom drama. Judge Larry Seidlin decided¹ the attorney appointed to represent Smith's infant daughter will be the one to decide the celebrity's final resting place.
2. The US military says it's studying the 8 helicopter downings in Iraq this month including Wednesday's, saying at least some of the attacks appeared to have been planned ambushes². In the latest case, all 9 aboard survived.

3. The Agriculture Department announces the first major changes to food safety inspections³ in 10 years. The government says changes at 250 meat and poultry⁴ plants will address concerns about E. coli and other food-borne illnesses.

4. Residents in Lynchburg, Virginia managed to catch a steer⁵ that escaped Tuesday, luring⁶ the animal in with a bucket of food. Two others are still on the loose.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. drama: noun
You can refer to a real situation which is exciting or distressing⁷ as drama.

2. on the loose: phrase
If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place.