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And good morning from the cnn Center here in Atlanta, I'm Melissa Long with some of the headlines that are NOW IN THE NEWS this Thursday.

President Bush meets with General David Petraeus and the US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker today. They are expected to recommend freezing troop levels in Iraq for 45 days. That would allow the military to assess whether the security situation would allow for more troop reductions. Later this morning, President Bush is scheduled to give a speech where he is expected to endorse this plan.

More than 900 American Airlines flights cancelled today. And more cancellations are expected tomorrow. American hopes to return to normal by Saturday but it depends on how quickly wiring is inspected and fixed. More than 100 planes are still being looked up. (wWw.hxen.net)

A cell phone video camera captured an attack on a high school teacher inside a classroom. It happened Friday in Baltimore. Now the teacher says a female student attacked her when she told her to sit down and behave. The girl's friends, we hear them cheering her on. The video showed up on MySpace. School police say they are now looking at that attack.

Check out this video of a wild cop chase--some unbelievable twists and turns. Police say the suspects ditched the stolen SUV when they ran over the spikes in the road. They say the three men then carjacked a landscaping truck with some workers in it and then they, guess what, hit the road again. They lost control in the crash, took off running. And here you see seconds later officers that were on motorcycles grabbed the guys.

Well, you could start getting emergency alerts from the government on your cell phone. Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission approved a new system to send text messages for three types of emergencies: disasters such as terrorist attacks, imminent threats like severe weather or university shootings and AMBER alerts. Most major cell phone providers say they will sign on. Now you can opt out if you like to. The service could start by 2010.

And you are up-to-date. To find out much more on these stories or other news of the day, remember you can log on to cnn.com, of course you can tune into cnn television or if you happen to be on the go, don't forget about using your cell phone and relying on cnn.com updates.(www.hXen.com)

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AMBER alert：An AMBER Alert is a notification to the general public, by various media outlets in Canada and in the United States, issued when police confirm that a child has been abducted.