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Hello to you, I’m Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta; here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Acting1 and screen legend Paul Newman has died. A spokeswoman for Newman says the 83-year-old actor died Friday night after a battle with cancer. Paul Newman was nominated for ten Academy Awards of a career that spanned three decades. Among his most notable films, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Hustler", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and "The Sting". He won an Oscar in 1986 for "The Color of Money".

We head now to the campaign trail. Each candidate is claiming victory this morning after last night's debate. CNN political researcher Alan Silverleib says what voters witnessed in last night's debate was a tie. But he says in relation to recent campaigning that translates to a win for Obama. Meantime the Democratic candidate is back on the trail today. Obama and his VP pick Senator Joe Biden have campaign stops in North Carolina also in Virginia. Senator John McCain has not scheduled any event so far. His running mate Sarah Palin will be out though taking the campaign to Philadelphia.

Lawmakers continue to work on the 700-billion-dollar financial rescue plan this weekend. Congressman2 Barney Frank says he's convinced there will be a deal by Sunday. But others are saying it will take to the beginning of the week to reach a deal. There are no specific details yet, but there is word of a major Democratic concession3 on the bailout. One major issue lawmakers have been stuck on is whether taxpayers4 will be the ones footing the bill.

Heavy winds and rain for Bermuda today as tropical storm Kyle churns in the Atlantic. The storm is expected to pass well west of the Island but it's still expected to dump a bunch of rain. Meantime tropical storm watchers could go up for New England today as Kyle continues to strengthen. Kyle's sustained winds are near 70 miles an hour. And forecasters warn it could turn into a Category-1 storm.

Form a government or have millions starve--that's the word from Zimbabwe's prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai. He says the new power sharing government needs to be completely formed and calls for food aid. Millions are in need of food in Zimbabwe. The unity5 government has stalled over assigning ministerial positions. Tsvangivrai says it needs to be formed in the next few days to avert6 the country's humanitarian7 crisis.

Those are the headlines this hour, for more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV, even when you're on the go.


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1 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
2 Congressman TvMzt7     
n.(美)国会议员
参考例句:
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
3 concession LXryY     
n.让步,妥协;特许(权)
参考例句:
  • We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
  • That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。
4 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
5 unity 4kQwT     
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
参考例句:
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
6 avert 7u4zj     
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句:
  • He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
  • I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
7 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
参考例句:
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

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