美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-14

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1. Thousands braved the wind and rain to gather on the National Mall to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.. Today, dignitaries broke ground for the new MLK memorial. It will be built not far from where the civil rights leader delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

2. It's been a busy day for President Bush. He met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to discuss Iran's nuclear program and sat down with the Iraq Study Group. The bipartisan panel was looking for new ideas on Iraq.

3. In Florida, police say an armed man has barricaded¹ himself in the home in a standoff with officers. Witnesses say shots were fired but no one was hurt. The man is suspected of shooting at officers Saturday.

4. The mystery of a stolen champion racehorse statue is solved. Police in Bowling² Green, Kentucky found a life-size statue of Affirmed with a jockey on its back in an apartment. The statue of the 1978 Triple Crown winner was stolen a week ago outside a Louisville company. A 21-year-old college student has been charged with receiving stolen property

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. brave : VERB
If you brave unpleasant or dangerous conditions, you deliberately³ expose yourself to them, usually in order to achieve something.

2. life-size : ADJ
A life-size representation of someone or something, for example a painting or sculpture, is the same size as the person or thing that they represent.

3. jockey : N-COUNT
A jockey is someone who rides a horse in a race.
DJ= disc jockey