1. Iraqi authorities are warning two kidnapped security company employees may still be in danger despite reports indicating their release earlier. Four Americans and an Austrian were taken hostage Thursday when a convoy they were riding in was hijacked near Kuwait.

2. A deadly tornado, which took the lives of eight people, has left a massive amount of damage in North Carolina. People displaced by Thursday's storm began the cleanup early Friday. The deadly storms left a three-day path of destruction from Louisiana to Maine knocking out power and flooding streets.

3. Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football's great coaches in two decades at Michigan, died Friday after taping a TV show on the eve of his school's big match-up with longtime rival Ohio State.

4. The rush to buy one of Sony's new PlayStation 3 gaming consoles turned violent when a crowd of people rushed an electronic store in Fresno, California. People got trampled in the parking lot. According to police, two people were arrested in the stampede.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. displace: verb
When a person or a group of people is displaced, they are forced move away from the area where they live.

2. match-up: n-count
Match-up means the same as match.

3. console: n-count
A console is a panel with a number of switches that is used to operate a machine.

4. trample: verb
If someone is trampled, they are injured or killed by being stepped by animals or by other people.

5. stampede: n-count
If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.