1.President Bush is preparing for a national address in which he is expected to forecast change in Iraq strategy. Today Bush met with State Department officials including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Military experts are advising the command-in-chief as well.

2.Hundreds of supporters of Augusto Pinochet filed past his brown wooden coffin this morning. While Pinochet's relatives mourned his death, his many opponents celebrated his passing.

3.Twenty-five-year-old Laura Gainey, daughter of a Canadian hockey notable, is missing presumably in the waters off Cape Cod. She was swept off a Canadian luxury ship by a giant wave a few days ago.

4.She is a celebrity and used to being stopped by fans but not normally by police. However, that was the case early today as police pulled over Nicole Richie for alleged drunk driving. The TV star was going the wrong way on a California highway.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. file : VERB
When a group of people files somewhere, they walk one behind the other in a line.

2. passing : N-SING
You can refer to someone's death as their passing, if you want to avoid using the word 'death' because you think it might upset or offend people.

3. notable : N-COUNT
Notables are important or powerful people.

4. pull over : PHR-V
If the police pull over a driver or vehicle, they make the driver stop at the side of the road, usually because the driver has been driving dangerously.