1. The White House is calling on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks into Israel and warns Israel needs to avoid civilian casualties as the region erupted into violence today. More than 200 people were killed when Israel unleashed unprecedented airstrikes into Gaza.
2. Dozens of Liberian immigrants have gathered at the site of a devastating house fire in southwest Philadelphia. They say seven members of their community died there Friday night after an accident with a kerosene heater.
3. The Iraqi army says at least 22 people are dead after a bomb tore through a busy square in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today. More than 50 others were wounded in the midday attack.
4. It is without a doubt, one for the books. Bucharest unveiled a smoked sausage that stretches more than 400 yards. That's more than enough to land a spot in the Guinness Book of Records and feed the hungry crowd that showed up.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. kerosene: n. 煤油
a clear oil that is burnt to provide heat or light
