1. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76. He is credited with engineering the collapse of the Soviet Union and introducing a market economy to the former communist state.

2. Thousands of Virginia Tech students paid solemn tribute today to the victims of last week's massacre. A bell rang for those who died and moments of silence were observed before classes resumed at the university.

3. For the fresh vote of confidence from President Bush, Alberto Gonzales is vowing to remain as Attorney General despite lingering questions over his department's firing of eight federal prosecutors.

4. And a French newspaper is reporting that follow-up tests on backup urine samples by Tour de France winner Floyd Landis have turned up traces of synthetic testosterone.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. credit: verb
If people credit someone with an achievement or it is credit to them, people say or believe that they were responsible for it.

2. engineer: verb
If you engineer an event or situation, you arrange for it to happen in a clever or indirect way.

3. solemn: adj
Someone or something that is solemn is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous.

4. urine: n-uncount
Urine is the liquid that you get rid of from your body when you go to the toilet.

5. testosterone: n-count
Testosterone is a hormone found in men and male animals, which can also be produced artificially.