AP 2011-04-09

1. 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators are being referred to the system of military commissions for trial. The decision by the Obama administration is an about-face from earlier plans to have the five go on trial i

AP 2011-04-08

1. President Obama has officially launched his re-election bid. The two-minute video on his campaign website which doesn't feature the president calls for volunteers to start organizing for 2012. Obama's campaign is expected to file formal paperwork

AP 2011-04-07

1. Libyan rebels say they will agree to a cease fire if Muammar Gaddafi pulls his forces out of all cities and allows peaceful protests. Libyan opposition leaders also say theyve struck a deal with Cartel to sell rebel-held oil. Proceeds would be use

AP 2011-04-06

1. Economists expect unemployment figures released this morning will show steady jobs growth. Analysts predict about 185,000 jobs were added last month, saying overall jobless rate of 8.9%. One economist says the labor market recovery is gathering mo

AP 2011-04-05

1. Muammar Gaddafi has issued a defiant statement after two high-profile departures from his regime, and is calling on leaders of countries attacking his forces to resign. The Libyan news agency says Gaddafi accused Western leaders of warning to crea

AP 2011-04-04

1. In Libya, opposition fighters are retreating from a key oil port, coming under heavy shelling from ground forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. The war is raging on for a second week here with no end in sight. 2. A 300-pound giant spotted eagle ray, li

AP 2011-04-03

1. Nuclear safety officials say they're concerned that seawater near Japan's troubled nuclear power plant contains radiation more than 3,300 times the legal limit. But they insist it's not a threat to human health. Meanwhile the president of the comp

AP 2011-04-01

1. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with a representative of the Libyan opposition this morning. The meeting was ahead of a broader conference on political solutions to secure Moammar Gadhafi's exit. The visit follows President Obama's s

AP 2011-04-13

1. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is appealing to President Barack Obama to end the air war in a letter calling it an unjust war against a small people of a developing country. 2. In Ivory Coast, fighters trying to force strongman Laurent Gbagbo out o

AP 2011-04-15

1. The world's largest passenger aircraft clipped a much smaller commuter plane at New York City's Kennedy Airport, spinning it like a toy. An aviation safety expert says it's more like the Air France A380 creamed the regional jet, while the NTSB is

AP 2011-07-16

1. The top Republican in the Senate has a new idea on how to solve the nations debt limit problem. Senator Mitch McConnell says President Barack Obama should have the power to unilaterally increase the debt limit, so it's not to default on U.S. oblig

AP 2011-07-15

1. The half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been killed. Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated by a bodyguard at his home in Kandahar. Hamid Karzai says his brother's death reflects the suffering of all Afghan people. 2. Wikileaks founder J

AP 2011-07-13

1. Britain's News of the World published for the last time Sunday. News Corp head Rupert Murdoch visited as the 168-year-old paper closed up shop. The closure was announced last week as the paper was caught up in a phone hacking scandal. 2. Atlantis

AP 2011-07-12

1. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. and its allies are close to beating al-Qaeda. He was in Afghanistan today, and says the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has yielded new insights about the groups other leaders. 2. Theres a new country

AP 2011-07-14

1. Republicans meet again with President Barack Obama looking for an agreement on the Nation's borrowing limit. Earlier Monday House Speaker John Boehner said he agrees with the president that the debt limit need to be raised, but the Republicans wou

AP 2011-07-11

1. More meetings ahead for dealing with the debts. President Barack Obama says both parties will sit down on Sunday for some hard bargaining, trying to get a deal done by August 2nd to raise the debt limit. 2. Casey Anthony could be getting out of ja

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-10

1. Republican John Boehner has assumed the gavel as speaker of the House, drawing the curtain on the history-making Nancy Pelosi era. Pelosi, a Democrat, was the first woman to rise to the speaker's post. 2. The man who served as White House press se

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-16

1. President Barack Obama heads to Tucson today to attend a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's deadly rampage. Thousands are expected to attend the public memorial at the University of Arizona's basketball arena. Six people were killed in

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-15

1. Doctors say theyve left a breathing tube in Representative Gabrielle Giffords to protect her airway, but the congresswoman is drawing breaths on her own. She's alert and responding to doctors. The doctors now think Giffords may have been shot in t

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-14

1. The man accused of killing six people and severely wounding Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is expected to make his first court appearance today. Prosecutors have charged 22-year-old Jared Loughner with one count of attempted assassinatio