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1. Chief political strategist and right-hand man Karl Rove will be leaving his post at the White House by the end of the month. Rove has been at the president's side for more than 14 years, starting with Bush's run for Governor of Texas. Rove says he wants to spend more time with his family.
2. Still no sign of those six trapped miners in Utah. Video from a camera lowered into the coal mine showed no signs of the missing men. Crews now plan to drill a third hole as rescue operations enter their second week.
3. Surgery has been cancelled to separate three-year-old twin girls joined at the head. Doctors say the operation is too risky. The girls who were born to Romanian parents already beat the odds by living this long.
4. This dog is one of 2000 now doing some of the most dangerous work on the ground in Iraq. These military canines are working alongside American soldiers, sniffing out roadside bombs and detecting explosives.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. right-hand man: n [singular]
the person who supports and helps you the most, especially in your job
2. be at sb's side:
to be with someone, and take care of them or support them
3. beat: verb
to prevail despite
4. the odds:
how likely it is that something will or will not happen
5. alongside: prep
used to say that people or things do something or exist together at the same time
6. sniff out:
to discover or find something by its smell
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