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cnn 2007-08-06



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Welcome to the cnn Center in Atlanta. I'm Cory Kessler. Hope you are enjoying your Sunday afternoon. Let's take a look now what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Another update is expected very soon in Minneapolis, the site of last week's deadly bridge collapse. Divers are still looking for bodies in the Mississippi River. And cnn has learned that a navy dive team may be sent in to help.

British investigators say a laboratory may be the source of the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease. The lab does research on the virus strain that infected cattle on an English farm four miles away. A foot and mouth outbreak in 2001 forced British farmers to slaughter more than three million animals.

Relatives of an Iraqi teenager who was gang-raped and murdered by US forces told Reuters that they are disappointed the soldier convicted in the attack did not get the death penalty. Private Jesse Spielman was convicted on four counts, including rape, murder and conspiracy for his role in last year's attack in Mahmudia. He was sentenced to 110 years in prison. Spielman is one of five soldiers charged in the attack during which the girl's parents and younger sister were also killed. The accused ringleader could face the death penalty when he is prosecuted in civilian court.

A flash flood on a popular trail in Arizona surprised a group of hikers. One of them died when he was swept away. It happened yesterday on the Sabino Canyon Trail. The man's body has been recovered. 24 people were in a recreation area when a wall of water came over the top of a nearby waterfall. There had been heavy rain in the area. And most of the hikers were able to run to higher ground, and helicopters later flew them out.

If you'd like to visit the White House, please note: you must have an invitation and you must wear clothes. Yes, the Secret Service today arrested a 22-year-old Florida man who jumped the White House fence without an invitation, and according to at least one report, without any clothes. While video recorded after the arrest shows the man wearing a white outfit, this I-Report photo we received appears to show police covering him with a yellow tarp.

And there you have it. Those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, cnn is your source online, on TV or when you are on the go. I'm Cory Kessler. Thanks for watching.



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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD): sometimes called hoof-and-mouth disease, is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease of cattle and pigs. It can also infect deer, goats, sheep, and other bovids with cloven hooves, as well as elephants, rats, and hedgehogs. Humans are very rarely affected. 口蹄疫