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1. Oil prices shot up more than ten dollars to a new high, more than 139 dollars a barrel. One analyst1 said prices could top 150 dollars a barrel by the fourth of July, also rattling2 traders, rising tensions in the Middle East.2. Hillary Clinton officially ends her bid for the presidency3 Saturday at noon. She will thank supporters and endorse4 Barack Obama at a Washington event. The former first lady is expected to urge Democrats5 to rally behind Obama, helping6 him defeat Republican nominee7 John McCain.
3. Survivors8 of the Chinese earthquake are watching a lake, worried about flooding. Authorities have evacuated9 more than a quarter million people. And workers are digging a channel to drain the lake. But so far, water levels have not dropped.
4. At Newark Airport in New Jersey10, 26 animals have arrived from Iraq, befriended by US troops there. This is the latest rescue for Operation Baghdad Pups, a program getting companion animals out of Iraq and Afghanistan and into homes in the US.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rattle11: v.Informal.
To fluster; unnerv
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