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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuses President Bush of rushing more troops to Iraq, saying he knows Congress won’t cut off funding for them once they are in the war zone. But the White House denies the claims and describes Pelosi’s words as poisonous.
TIP：美议长炮轰布什勒索国会

Winter is again bearing down on the nation’s mid section. More than 100,000 homes and businesses in the region are still in the dark from earlier blasts of cold wet weather. Some areas in the southern plains could get an additional foot of snow and sleet this weekend.
TIP：寒冬来临，停电依旧，雨雪交加
bear down on sb/sth: to move quickly towards sb/sth in a determined or threaening way 冲向；咄咄逼近

Bill Richardson hopes to become the first Hispanic president. New Mexico’s governor is expected to file papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. That’s according to several officials with knowledge of his political plans.
TIP：着手筹建试探委员会新墨西哥州长Bill Richardson迈出总统竞选第一步
exploratory committee就是试探委员会，为测试选民对其参选的反应所成立的委员会。
That’s according to several officials with knowledge of his political plans.这句话是说，起草文件，建立试探委员会这个消息是由一些了解Bill Richard政治计划的官员透露的。

Denny Doherty, one quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group, the Mamas and the Papas died Friday. His sister says the singer-songwriter died at his home after a short illness. Denny Doherty was 66.
TIP：乐坛老将丹尼·多赫蒂逝世，享年66岁