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1. A Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr briefly seized control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah in what has been called one of the boldest acts of defiant by the country's active insurgency.
2. An attorney confirms that blood found on the jeans of 36-year-old Brian Rooney matches the DNA of a slain Vermont student. Police believe he was the last person to see her alive.
3. After four days on the run, a Kentucky woman and her boyfriend are in police custody, accused of kidnapping her 9-month-old son from a social worker who was later found dead.
4. And caught on tape: A car jumps the curb and barrels into an Arkansas supermarket, injuring two customers. The 86-year-old driver says she was trying to the park when she lost control of the vehicle
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. on the run: phrase
If someone is on the run, they are trying to escape or hide from someone such as the police or enemy.
2. curb: n-count
Curb is the American spelling of the noun kerb -- the raised edge of a pavement or sidewalk which separates it from the road.
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