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1. Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the streets of Jena, Louisiana today to support six black teenagers charged in connection with the beating of a white classmate. This after prosecutors declined to charge three white teenagers who hung nooses in a tree on high school grounds.
2. President Bush says despite some unsettling times in the housing and credit market, the economy is in good shape. He said he doesn't expect the issues to spread to the broader economy.
3. Another secretary is leaving President Bush's cabinet. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is stepping down. He is expected to run for the Senate seat Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel is giving up.
4. God has answered his accuser. Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers sued God for a permanent injunction on natural disasters. But in a legal response that a court clerk says appeared mysteriously, God says he was never properly served. So the case should be dismissed.
1. converge: verb. if groups of people converge in a particular place, they come there from many different places and meet together to form a large crowd
2. noose: noun. a ring formed by the end of a piece of rope, which closes more tightly as it is pulled, used especially for killing someone by hanging them
3. injunction : noun. a piece of advice or an order from someone in authority