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cnn news 2014-12-15

CARL AZUZ, cnn ANCHOR: Hi, I`m Carl Azuz. Thank you for taking ten minutes for cnn STUDENT NEWS. For more than 80 years, "Time" magazine has

named a person of the year. It started with aviator Charles Lindbergh for 1927. This year it`s not just one person, it`s all of those who`ve helped

fight the Ebola virus in West Africa, the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. "Time`s" managing editor says when there wasn`t much to stop

Ebola`s spread with governments uNPRepared, some health officials dragging their feet, it was the first responders, the local doctors, the

international aid organizations who stepped up to save lives and earn recognition as the people of the year.

The World Health Organization says almost 18,000 Ebola cases have been diagnosed since the outbreak started. Around 6400 people have died from

it, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been hardest hit, but they are making progress.

Slashed. One really accurate word being used to describe the U.S. northeast. Moisture from the Atlantic Ocean has clashed with cold air.

The results - chilly, miserable rain in some places, like you are seeing here from Long Island. The New York metro area has gotten nearly three

inches, a record amount of rain this week. And another spots, a winter wonderland for the moment. The National Weather Service says the six to

ten inches of snow in parts of Maine will be glazed by freezing rain throughout the rest of the week. And the coast will be battered by gusting

wind.

It`s like a circular water sprinkler is spiraling up through New England, and for all of it, a nor`easter is to blame.

ROB MARCIANO, cnn CORRESPONDENT: A nor`easter is a storm that typically happens in the northeast. That`s not why it`s called the nor`easter,

though. The names comes from the wind, or the prevailing wind that you typically get from that sort of storm, which is out of the northeast. And

the bigger, stronger the storm, the stronger the nor`east wind is.

Nor`easters are typically a weak storm that make their way across the U.S. and will get a little bit of energy from the jet stream, and then when it

hits the coast, that difference in temperature between the land and the ocean, that gives them a little bit more in the way of instability and more

fuel for the fire.

Common characteristics of a nor`easter are wind, rain, sometimes snow, definitely waves better in the coastline, and because of that you can get

some beach erosion, you can get some coastal flooding. A storm surge is possible as well. So, a lot of damage can be done not only along the

shoreline, but also inland in form of winds and heavy snow, sometimes nor`easters can dump several feet of snow, especially at the higher

terrain.

Nor`easters typically happen anywhere really from September all the way to May. The more intense ones happen really in the fall and winter time, but

spring time, you can get some nor`easters that have some devastating winds.

Nor`easters and hurricanes are completely different, because they drive their energy from two completely different sources. Your hurricanes get

your energy from the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and that latent heat release is what drives the engine. Once a hurricane comes on land, it

loses its energy.

A nor`easters gets its energy from the differences between hot and cold, often a blizzard will come from a strong nor`easter, so in some cases they

can be one on the same. Blinding snow wind, winds blowing 35-40 miles an hour, and obviously, devastating cold. And that`s why the strongest

nor`easters typically happen in fall and winter when you have that dynamic contrast in temperatures.

AZUZ: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? That`s a question on the U.S. citizenship test. We`ll give you some options. James Madison, Thomas

Jefferson, or Ben Franklin? The answer later became our third president. It`s Thomas Jefferson.

In North Dakota, state lawmakers are considering making the citizenship test a requirement to get a high school diploma. Several other states are

debating something like this.

Supporters say it will be a step toward improving young American civics knowledge. Opponents say another test won`t get them more engage in U.S.

history.

If the bill passes, students would have to get 60 out of 100 questions right.

Including, the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. Is it six, eight, nine or 12? The answer, including the Chief Justice is 9. If the

president and vice president can no longer serve, who is next in line for the presidency? The Speaker of the House, the Secretary of State or the

Defense Secretary? The answer is Speaker of the House. In the actual U.S. citizenship test, the answers are not multiple choice.