1. After weeks of wildfires, the first tropical storm of the season is welcome news for fire crews in Florida and Georgia. Andrea, the first named storm of the year is spinning off the coast. Fire crews hope rain from the storm will help them battle the wildfire raging along the state's border.

2. The US attorney general faced another round of tough testimony on Capitol Hill today. The House Judiciary Committee questioned Alberto Gonzales about the role the White House played in the firing of US attorneys.

3. Police with guns drawn performed a room-to-room search at a high school in Boulder, Colorado. A cook reported seeing two men dressed in camouflage inside the building just before classes started Thursday morning. As a precaution, school was cancelled for the day.

4. A popular infant carrier is being recalled, the Evenflo Embrace infant car seat carrier. Authorities say the seat can unexpectedly release and has injured 160 children.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. spin: verb
If something spins, it turns quickly around a central point.

2. rage: verb
You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence.

3. camouflage: n-uncount
Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.