CNN 2009-09-05

Hello! I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

This morning's new jobless numbers are a little worse than expected. The unemployment rate jumped to 9.7% in August. That is up from 9.4% last month. This is the highest the unemployment rate has been in more than 26 years.

The largest wildfire in the history of Los Angeles County is being classified as arson¹. The person who set the fire will likely face homicide charges for the deaths of two firefighters. The inferno² has marched across almost 150,000 acres. Full containment³ isn't expected until mid-September.

On the Afghan war front, the Pentagon is planning to extend deployments for two units to allow troops replacing them a year of home time before redeploying. Officials want to rotate the same troops in and out of the same area on that deployments, so they can return to familiar surroundings.

President Obama's planned speech to students on Tuesday is drawing heat from some Conservatives and an initial lesson plan to accompany the speech suggested students write about how they could help the president. Conservatives called that "pushing a political agenda". The White House revised a lesson plan to suggest students write about how to meet short and long term goals.

Astronauts installed a nearly one-ton cooling tank on the International Space Station yesterday. NASA says a large piece of space junk could pass within 2 miles at the station today, but notes it does not expect to be a problem. The Discovery crew has one more spacewalk on Saturday.

For those all your headlines this hour, do stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day

1 arson   

n.纵火，放火

参考例句：

• He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
• He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

2 inferno   

n.火海；地狱般的场所

参考例句：

• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。

3 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。