1. Multiple attacks kill 15 US troops in Iraq. Five died in a single roadside bombing in Baghdad. Elsewhere, a suicide truck bomber hit City Hall in a predominantly Sunni area of northern Iraq, killing at least 16 people and wounding 67 others.

2. In Austin, Texas, police are backing off their initial descriptions that a mob beat a man to death after a child was hurt by a car. Police say they are now looking for only a handful of suspects.

3. Bad weather near the Kennedy Space Center is keeping space shuttle Atlantis off the ground. Skipping two landing opportunities, it has more landing chances in the coming days.

4. And high above Time Square in New York City, this ultra marathoner is hoping to break a world record for the longest treadmill run in 24 hours. That current record almost 154 miles.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. predominantly:
mostly or mainly

2. back off:
to stop supporting something, or decide not to do something you were planning to do

3. treadmill:
a piece of exercise equipment that has a large belt around a set of wheels, that you can walk or run on while staying in the same place