2. Suspended Atlantic Falcon Michael Vick will spend 23 months behind bars on federal dogfighting charges. He still faces state dogfighting charges in Virginia that are punishable by up to five years in prison.
3. The National Weather Service says more snow and freezing rain are on the way for Nebraska. Ice storm warnings are up from Texas to Pennsylvania. As a storm system moves eastward, Missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard.
4. The chances are you've never seen this. It's a long-eared jerboa, and this is the first-ever video of the rare rodent. The resident of the deserts in Mongolia and China is endangered. With its oversized ears, one researcher calls the jerboa the Mickey Mouse of the desert.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. National Guard : n. Abbr. NG 国民警卫队
The military reserve units controlled by each state of the United States, equipped by the federal government and subject to the call of either the federal or the state government.
2. jerboa : n. 跳鼠
Any of various small nocturnal leaping rodents of the family Dipodidae of Asia and northern Africa, having long hind legs and a long tufted tail.
