CNN 2009-06-12

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Hi ,there, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening "Now In The News".

The Holocaust¹ Memorial Museum in Washington is closed today one day after a deadly hate-filled attack. A gunman opened fire at the popular attraction yesterday. Police said the man just walked into the museum, immediately shot security guards Stephen Tyrone Johns who later died from his injuries. Other security guards shot back critically wounding the suspect. The museum was packed when visitors were there and when the shooting happened.

The World Health Organization has raised the flu alert to its high level today, the WHO says the H1N1 virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic. WHO notes that increasing this alert does not mean that H1N1 also known as swine flu is deadly or more dangerous, it just means the virus has spread.

Co-ops may be a potential compromise in the health care debate. Key senators are saying that a proposal to create health care co-ops may solve some huge differences between democrats² and republicans. The none-profit co-ops will be based on the model of agricultural co-ops that means they would be paid for and run by members and they go on to say the co-ops would be an alternative to a government run health insurance program.

The wife of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is speaking out about people she says she considered friends, Paddy Blagojevich said she and her husband and their friends were strong enough to go against the tide and defend him. The former governor has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to sell or trade President Obama's former senate seat for campaign favors.

Michael Jackson is being sued for 40 million dollars. A concert promoter's lawsuit³ alleges⁴ Jackson broke a contract for a reunion concert with family members this summer, it says that Jackson agreed not to perform elsewhere for a certain amount of time, They say he broke the deal by signing up for a London concert series this summer. So far, no word from the Jackson camp.

Those are the headlines for you this hour, stay with CNN for more on those stories and all your other news of the day.

1 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

4 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。