1. Residents of Greensburg, Kansas are joining search crews picking through the rubble and debris that sits where the town used to stand. A Kansas state trooper says the search that resumed after daybreak is still being called "a search and rescue mission."

2. President Bush is asking the country to pray for the town of Greensburg. He says his heart is heavy with grief and has vowed the government will do all it can to help the town rebuild.

3. Preliminary results from France show that voters there have chosen this man to be their next president. Early returns have conservative Nicolas Sarkozy getting 53% of the vote with socialist Segolene Royal getting just more than 46%.

4. More than 18,000 Mexicans stripped off, baring all for the sake of art. In one of the photos, the nudes stood upright and gave a military-like salute to their national flag. In another, they lay down forming a vast blanket around a naked man in a wheelchair.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. trooper: n-count
In the US, a trooper is a police officer in a state police force.

2. returns: n-plural
Returns are the results of votes after an election.

3. bare: verb
If you bare something, you uncover it and show it. (WRITTEN)