Name ____________________________________ World Affairs 15-16

CNN Student News – March 14

1. Weekend tornadoes are being blamed with at least 10 deaths in Missouri and Indiana. And Illinois' governor has declared ___________ counties disaster areas.

2. The National Weather Service reported the Springfield twister was part of a storm that spawned about ________________________ of tornadoes in Illinois and Missouri. It was the biggest storm to pass through central Illinois in a decade.

3. At one point 65,000 customers were without __________________________.

4. Springfield is the capital of __________________________.

5. Officials have confirmed a case of mad cow disease in the United States, for the third time since 2003. A cow from _______________________ tested positive, after a veterinarian noticed it was having trouble walking.

6. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the cow did not get into the food supply for people or animals. Officials say the disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or ________________, is found only in the animals' nervous tissue, and not in the parts consumed by humans.

7. Three years after the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, President Bush is urging Americans to be patient with the war, despite images of "anger and despair." Yesterday in Washington, he began a series of _______________________________ to highlight progress made in the Persian Gulf country.

8. He says Iraqis want a free and peaceful future. A new CNN/USA Today Gallup Poll, shows only _________________ of Americans think the war's going well.

9. The only person to be tried in the U.S. in connection with the September 11th attacks could benefit from a mistrial. The federal judge scheduled a special hearing today, after putting the sentencing trial on hold for Zacarias Moussaoui. That came after government prosecutors said several witnesses were _______________________________, which is against the judge's rules.

10. The prosecutors disclosed that a government attorney, not involved in this prosecution, had been forwarding trial transcripts to an expected witness -- directly violating a court order against passing on testimony to potential ____________________________________.

11. Now, the judge is considering a defense motion for a mistrial and a request for Moussaoui to receive life in prison, rather than the death penalty. Prosecutors say Moussaoui, who has admitted to membership in al Qaeda, should receive a _____________ __________________.

12. They claim if Moussaoui had told the FBI what he knew when he was arrested in August, 2001, authorities perhaps could have stopped the ________________________________________ of that year.

13. commemorate: (verb) to serve as a memorial to something; to honor the memory of something with a ___________________________________.

14. Construction is now under way at the World Trade Center site in New York City. Workers are building a memorial to commemorate the September 11th attacks, that destroyed the _______________________________________________ towers

15. The majority of family members want a memorial that is going to be dignified, ____________________________ and historically accurate. This memorial isn't even for us.

16. The current plan is to build twin reflecting _________________ where the twin towers once stood and an underground museum.

17. Every plan at every turn there has been great debate. One woman, who lost her brother on 9-11, recently decided to ___________________ on a sidewalk opposite ground zero; indefinitely.

18. The main problem is that no one has full control of the World Trade Center site. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns the land, so both _________________________ have a say. So does the mayor of New York, the developer, the Memorial Foundation and the families.

The College Board and SAT grading . . .

· Well, the College Board, which makes the SAT, says a fraction of the students who took the test last October, might have received a lower score than they deserved.

· Robert is one of about 4,000 students who received a letter from the College Board, which administers the SAT, telling them due to a technical processing matter, They did not receive credit for some correct answers.

· 95 percent of the students' scores went up by 100 points or less.

· The College Board first learned of the problem in December, after some students requested a review of their scores.

· The College Board has notified colleges and universities about the snafu, which comes at the height of the college admission season, with SAT scores often playing a critical role.