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A military plane crashed shortly after ___1___ from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware early today. There were seventeen people on board, all survived. The plane apparently had just taken off and the pilot realized there was a problem and attempted to land.

Severe weather rocked the Midwest over the weekend. Tornados killed at least nineteen people including a baby, and injured dozens of people in Northwest Tennessee. The ___2___ storm system is also blamed for the death of at least four other people in Missouri and Illinois.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by Jose Padilla. Until last year Padilla was being held as an enemy ___3___ without traditional legal rights. But he's now facing criminal charges in Miami. The government argued that his appeal now is pointless.

___4___ baseball fans will be heading to Stadiums across the nation. The season opener for Major League Baseball was held in Chicago Sunday night where the White Sox took on the Cleveland Indians. The Sox came out on top, final score 10 to 4.

 
 
 
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1. take-off
2. severe
3. combatant
4. Elated ( extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved )

 
 

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