美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-15

1. A jury has recommended death for John Evander Couey. Couey was convicted last week of the rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford. The judge will make the final decision on his sentence. 2. It was an up-and-down day on Wall Street with the

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-16

1. Al-Qaida's No. 3 man is now confessing to beheading Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal. Pearl was killed in Pakistan in 2002. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed also says he planned the 9/11 attacks. 2. Police are searching for a motive behind a New Yor

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-17

1. A mid-March winter storm is grounding flights on the East Coast with airlines canceling hundreds of flights. The storm promises a mix of heavy snow, sleet, and rain, all coming after several days of balmy weather. 2. Lawyers say a grand jury has

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-18

1. Thousands of war protesters converged on Washington today. They marched from the Vietnam War Memorial to the Pentagon to observe the 4th anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. 2. Meanwhile the violence continues in Iraq. The military says t

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-19

1. Thousands marched to the Pentagon Saturday to mark the upcoming 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq. There was a brief standoff with police, but overall, the demonstration was peaceful. 2. Thousands of travelers left stranded by a late winter stor

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-20

1. Today marks the 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. In a statement this morning, President Bush asked Americans to be patient and said a quick troop withdrawal would have devastating consequences. 2. Three New York City police detective

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-30

1. A tornado as wide as two football fields carved a devastating path through eastern Colorado. Initial report said five homes were destroyed and dozens were severely damaged. 2. Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill requi

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-21

1. The White House has offered a plan for congressional investigators looking into the firings of eight federal prosecutors. Presidential advisor Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers will be made available for questioning, but not testimony un

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-23

1. Churches around Virginia Tech were packed Sunday as students and residents turned to the pulpit for guidance and reassurance. Classes are set to resume at the university Monday, a full week after 32 people were killed by a gunman. 2. An air show

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-22

1. Memorial services are taking place today for some of the Virginia Tech students who died in Seung-Hui Cho's violent rampage. There was a day of mourning across Virginia for the victims yesterday. It included a moment of silence on the Virginia Te

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-21

1. The bells are tolling as Virginia pauses to pay tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings. It's a day of mourning in the state and for many around country and the world. 2. One of the Virginia Tech victims was buried in Israel today.

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-20

1. Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui was picked on, pushed around and laughed at while attending a northern Virginia high school. Classmates say Cho almost never opened his mouth because of speech difficulties. 2. A long day in the witness chair fo

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-19

1. We are learning a little more about the shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre. Authorities say Cho Seung-Hui was accused of [B]stalking two female students in 2005. They also say he was taken to a mental health facility that year after his parent

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-18

1. Police say a Virginia Tech student was behind the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. 23-year-old, Cho Seung-Hui was an English major and a native of South Korea. Tests put one gun at both shooting scenes. The gunman took his life at the

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-17

1. It's been called the deadliest shooting rampage in the country's history. At least 30 people were killed when a man opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then in an academic building before he was killed. So far investigators have not offered a

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-16

1. The East Coast is getting a good [b]drenching. Rain, ice and snow are pelting the region as a strong nor'easter moves through. Already there are fears of flooding in New York City. 2. Attorney General Gonzales says in an op-ed piece today he did

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-15

1. A fierce spring storm has dropped snow on parts of the central Plains and spotted at least one tornado in Texas. High winds there uprooted trees and damaged homes like in these photos. One death is blamed on high winds. 2. More details are coming

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-14

1. Don Imus's wife says the members of Rutgers women's basketball team are unbelievably courageous and beautiful women. Deirdre Imus made the comments a day after her husband was fired for making racist and sexist remarks about the same women. He al

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-13

1. A pair of brazen attacks in Iraq is raising new questions about the security crackdown in the capital. Earlier today, a suspected suicide bomber attacked the cafeteria inside the Iraq's parliament building. Also a truck bomber has destroyed a maj

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-11

1. Larry Birkhead says DNA tests prove he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter. He emerged triumphant from a closed hearing in the Bahamas to announce the results. Dannielynn could inherit a fortune in the wake of her mother's death