2. Chief Justice Rehnquist returns to work after squelching retirement speculation by promising to stay as long as his health allows.

3. A new wave of Mideast violence leaves 8 dead, 25 wounded, and the Israeli-Palestinian truce appearing to unravel.

4. Across Iraq's capital Baghdad, a series of car bombs targets both American and Iraqi troops, killing as many as 20 people.

5. And still baffled by a fuel gauge failure, NASA delays the launch of space shuttle Discovery until late next week at the earliest.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.squelch:v.to stop something from continuing to develop or spread.
eg.Labor was pleased, the protests were squelched and Clinton won by a hefty margin.

2.unravel:v.if a system, plan, organization etc unravels, it starts to fail.
eg.The company started to unravel when two of the directors were arrested.

3.baffle:v.if something baffles you, you cannot understand or explain it at all.
eg.The question baffled me completely.

4.gauge:n.an instrument for measuring the size or amount of something.