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I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited North Carolina today. He met with the reverends Franklin and Billy Graham this morning near Asheville. McCain is trying to cement the evangelical voting bloc1. Meantime, Senator Obama is treating this Sunday as a sabbatical from the campaign trail. Saturday night after both Obama and McCain addressed Latino Leadership Conference in Washington, the presumptive Democratic nominee2 took his wife Michelle out for a night on the town in Chicago.

Published reports say a Russian cover model fell to her death Saturday in New York. Streets were blocked off around the woman's apartment building in New York's financial district while police investigated. Twenty-year-old Ruslana Korshunova was once hailed by British Vogue3 as a face to be excited about.   

Robert Mugabe has been sworn in as president of Zimbabwe after winning a highly-criticized runoff election. Final results show Mugabe won by more than a nine-one victory. The one-man runoff election was widely condemned4 throughout the world. His rival Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of the race, claiming violence and vote rigging by Mugabe's supporter.  He fled to the Dutch Embassy for sanctuary5.

Italian actress Sophia Loren says pictures of garbage piling in and around Naples has(have) brought her to tears. She's imploring6 people to clean up the mess. The problem started in December when garbage collectors stopped picking up the trash because two dumps were shut down by the request of nearby residents. Loren grew up just outside Naples and calls the situation tragic7. Naples has been cleaned up for the most part but the situation in surrounding areas is still bad. The government has since moved some of the waste to temporary landfills.

 And on the Florida Panhandle, there is an animal visitor at the beach at Alligator8 Point, but this is no gator. A 375-pound black bear lumbered9 to the coastline before state wildlife officials tagged it with a tranquilizer dart10. In this photo you can see the green dart sticking in its ear. A state biologist rescued the bear as it tried to swim away and became groggy11. The bear wasn't hurt and was relocated to a much less populated area.

And those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV, or when you're on the go.


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1 bloc RxFzsg     
n.集团;联盟
参考例句:
  • A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
  • There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
2 nominee FHLxv     
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
参考例句:
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
3 Vogue 6hMwC     
n.时髦,时尚;adj.流行的
参考例句:
  • Flowery carpets became the vogue.花卉地毯变成了时髦货。
  • Short hair came back into vogue about ten years ago.大约十年前短发又开始流行起来了。
4 condemned condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
  • The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。
5 sanctuary iCrzE     
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
参考例句:
  • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
  • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
6 imploring cb6050ff3ff45d346ac0579ea33cbfd6     
恳求的,哀求的
参考例句:
  • Those calm, strange eyes could see her imploring face. 那平静的,没有表情的眼睛还能看得到她的乞怜求情的面容。
  • She gave him an imploring look. 她以哀求的眼神看着他。
7 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
8 alligator XVgza     
n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)
参考例句:
  • She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
  • Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。
9 lumbered 2580a96db1b1c043397df2b46a4d3891     
砍伐(lumber的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • A rhinoceros lumbered towards them. 一头犀牛笨重地向他们走来。
  • A heavy truck lumbered by. 一辆重型卡车隆隆驶过。
10 dart oydxK     
v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲
参考例句:
  • The child made a sudden dart across the road.那小孩突然冲过马路。
  • Markov died after being struck by a poison dart.马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。
11 groggy YeMzB     
adj.体弱的;不稳的
参考例句:
  • The attack of flu left her feeling very groggy.她患流感后非常虚弱。
  • She was groggy from surgery.她手术后的的情况依然很不稳定。

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