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1. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is issuing a gloomy warning about the nation's economy. Bernanke says the recent financial turmoil1 means economic activity will be subdued3 through the rest of this year and into next year.
2. There are new details about the man behind the wheel of a tour bus that crashed in California, killing4 eight people. Police say Quintin Watts5 has a lengthy6 criminal record, a history of substance abuse and a string of motor vehicle offenses7. Investigators8 are now trying to determine if he was impaired9 when he lost control of the bus.
3. Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics. They won nearly a half million dollars for their theoretical advances that help explain the behaviour of the smallest particles of matter.
4. And this dramatic rescue was caught on tape. Quick-thinking police officers pulled an Indiana woman from her car just seconds before it explodes. The woman is now recovering from severe burns.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
control
2.lengthy adj.
a speech, piece of writing etc that is lengthy is long and often contains too many details
a lengthy report
3.substance abuse [uncountable]n.
the habit of taking too many illegal drugs, in a way that harms your health [= drug abuse]
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