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CARL AZUZ, HOST: New technology is getting credit for saving lives in a collision between a train and a truck yesterday in California. That`s

what`s first up today on cnn STUDENT NEWS.

This happened between Oxnard and Camarillo, California. the truck driver reported told investigators that he mistook the train tracks for a highway

and got stuck driving on them. He got out before the train hit. A spokesman for the train company, Metrolink, says the collision could not

have been avoided from a rail standpoint. At least 28 people were sent to hospitals with injuries, but officials say it could have been worse. the

train was equipped with something called collision energy management technology. It causes crash energy to expand outward instead of inward,

keeping the train cars from crumpling. The train also has special windows that allowed rescuers to access passengers.

Yesterday, President Obama vetoed legislation that would have given the green light to the Keystone XL Pipeline. the bill had passed the

Republican-controlled House and Senate earlier this month. Supporters say the Keystone XL Pipeline will create jobs. Opponents say it`s possible

environmental risks aren`t worth it. The White House opposed the bill because it would have bypassed the president`s authority to approve or deny

construction of the pipeline. it`s been under review since it was first proposed more than six years ago.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Time for The Shoutout. Who`s the leader the US Federal Reserve, the country`s central bank? If you think you know it,

shout it out. Is it Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke, Mary Barra or Warren Buffet? You`ve got three seconds.

Go. Last year, Janet Yellen became the first woman ever to chair the US Federal

Reserve. That`s your answer and that`s your Shoutout.

AZUZ: One way the Fed can influence the US economy is by raising or lowering interest rates. it wants to keep the economy growing, but not too

quickly. that can cause inflation, when prices go up and the value of the dollar goes down. Interest rates right now are very low. some critics say

that`s keeping Americans from saving money in savings accounts. Why do it if you don`t earn interest? The other side argues that now isn`t the time

to raise interest rates because even though the stock market has been setting record highs, Americans` wages are growing too slowly. That`s not a

good sign for the economy.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, cnn CORRESPONDENT: 2.2 percent --- that`s the growth in wages in January compared with last year, just 2.2 percent, meager, paltry,

blah. It`s one of the numbers on Janet Yellen`s dashboard of about a dozen indicators helping her decide when the US economy will be able to withstand

an interest rate hike. Now, wages, it`s the one part of the labor market that has not improved. It`s been very difficult for the average worker to

feel the job market recovery, because wages are not rising. Will a tightening labor market mean wages will start to rise more briskly, more

like the 3 to 4 percent that`s ideal? And that will give Janet Yellen more room to raise interest rates?

AZUZ: A bit of World War II history is next on cnn STUDENT NEWS. Iwo Jima is a Japanese island located hundreds of miles south of the Japanese

mainland. its area is about eight square miles and because it made for a strategically important air base in 1945, Iwo Jima was the site of a

vicious battle between Japan and the invading US troops. About 21,000 Japanese servicemen and almost 7,000 American servicemen were killed in the

battle for it. A photograph snapped seven decades ago was a reminder of the hard-won American victory.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seventy years ago, on February 23, 1945, an American flag was raised on the island of Iwo Jima by the US Marines. An Associated

Press photographer, Joseph Rosenthal, captured the moment on film, an image of five US Marines and a Navy Corpsman hoisting a large American flag on

the top of Mount Suribachi. That photo would remain an iconic reminder of perseverance during World War II. The image eventually became the US Marine

Corps War Memorial right outside of the nation`s capital. It was dedicated by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States. The 32-

foot tall bronze figures raise a 60-foot tall flagpole overlooking Washington, DC. "Uncommon valor was a common virtue" is inscribed on the

monument. It serves as a reminder from these brothers at arms that bravery was a common trait.