■ United States
Ex-teacher denies attack
A former teacher pleaded not guilty to trying to kill a student who was found clinging to life in a park. Samson Shelton, 26, made the plea during an arraignment on Friday on one count of attempted first-degree murder which accuses him of attacking 17-year-old Ashley Reeves, the Belleville News-Democrat reported on its Web site. Authorities allege that Shelton choked Reeves with a belt and left her in a city park in Belleville, Illinois, where she spent about 30 hours before being found on April 29. Investigators have said that Reeves and Shelton had a "relationship."
■ United States
`Himbo' goes mainstream
Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes, google officially became a verb and drama queens finally found the limelight on Thursday when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language. The mouse potato (who spends as much time on the computer as his/her 1990s counterpart did on the couch), the himbo (attractive, vacuous and male) and the excessively emotional drama queen were among 100 new words added to this year's update of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the Net.
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