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1.Investigators say they have now located relatives of Carl Roberts--relatives he claimed he had molested twenty years ago. Roberts alluded to that molestation in suicide notes discovered during a shooting siege at a Pennsylvania Amish school. In the mean time, the community there is paying its respects to the families of the five girls who were killed.
2.Mark Foley's former chief of staff says he was told of the congressman's inappropriate behavior more than 3 years ago and warned the House Speaker's office. Kirk Fordham says he had more than one conversation with House leaders and will give all of the details to the FBI and the House Ethics Committee.
3.The FBI is searching two spinach packaging companies in the nationwide E. coli outbreak that sickened 191 people and killed at least one. The agency says it's looking to see if there were criminal violations of environmental laws
4. A bride in Utah was stolen away from her groom allegedly by her own parents. Authorities say they kidnapped her to prevent her from getting married. Now they face felony charges.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. allude to : phrasal verb
To make an indirect reference: The candidate alluded to the recent war by saying, “We've all made sacrifices.”
2. felony : n-count
One of several grave crimes, such as murder, rape, or burglary, punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor.
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