美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-08

1. Barack Obama got the support of at least 4 Democratic convention super delegates on his day off today. That's building on his momentum from yesterday's North Carolina primary win. Meantime, Hillary Clinton was in West Virginia, vowing to stay in

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-09

1. It was a day of fierce fighting on the streets of Beirut as Shiite Hezbollah supporters and Sunnis battled it out. At least four people died. The Hezbollah leader is accusing the Lebanese government of declaring war on his group after shutting dow

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-10

1. Military rulers in Myanmar will allow a single U.S. cargo plane to enter the country bearing relief supplies for cyclone victims. Myanmar's government has been criticized for letting cyclone victims die rather than accept aid from other countries.

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-16

1. The California Supreme Court overturns a ban on gay marriage, making it the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry. The justices say domestic partnerships already allowed are not a good enough substitute for marriage. 2. Wildfires

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-01

1. The Fed is hoping to give the economy a boost. This afternoon, it lowered a key interest rate. Officials thought this will encourage more borrowing amongst consumers which may then lift the sagging economy. 2. State police in New Mexico have remov

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-04

1. In the Midwest, it's a data pickup after violent weather marked by tornadoes. In Arkansas, seven people are dead, pushing this year's storm death toll in the state to more than two dozen people. Meteorologists say more than 25 tornadoes may have t

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-02

1. Polices say they found the body of a woman recently convicted of running a DC prostitution ring .Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found hanging in a shed near her mothers Florida home this morning. The 52-year-old left a suicide note, but details arent b

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-11

1. Aid is starting to flow into Myanmar a week after a cyclone left at least 60,000 dead or missing. The countrys military regime is taking over distribution of humanitarian supplies but keeping foreign disaster experts out of the country. 2. Hezboll

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-15

1. Rescue teams have reached the epicenter of China's massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake. Chinese media report fewer than 100 people have been saved in Sichuan Province. Nearly 15, 000 have died and the number is expected to go even higher. 2. Authori

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-13

1. Rescue workers in central China are frantically searching for survivors in rubble like this. Heavy rain continues to fall in the area after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed about 10,000 people. Chinese officials say there is a push to clear road

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-07

1. One hundred eight-seven delegates are at stake as voters in North Carolina and Indiana cast ballots in the Democratic presidential primaries. Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama has made vote predictions about the outcome. And it may not sett

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-05

1.More than 350 people are reportedly dead in Myanmar after a powerful cyclone hit the country's southwest coast. Five regions have been declared disaster zones. Thousands of homes have also been destroyed. 2.The horse racing world is reeling after

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-17

1. The Bush administration says it will temporarily suspend oil deliveries to this Strategic Petroleum Reserve starting in July. The move will free up thousand of barrels of oil that can now enter the market and it could provide some relief at the p

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-23

1. A Texas appeals court has ruled that state officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamous groups ranch. Those children are now with foster parents. The court did not order them back to their families. 2. Strong wind

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-22

1. Hours after a former Illinois police sergeant suspected in his fourth wife's disappearance turned himself in, he was released. Police had issued a warrant for Drew Petersons arrest in an unrelated weapons charge. Authorities are also investigatin

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-21

1. Senator Ted Kennedy's doctors say he will stay in Massachusetts General Hospital for the next few days as they plan a treatment course for his malignant brain tumor. Additional testing is expected to determine the specific type. The average survi

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-20

1. The massive custody case involving hundreds of children taken from a West Texas ranch is underway. Four hundred and sixty-three children are in foster care following allegations that members of a polygamist sect forced underage girls into marriag

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-19

1. Senator Ted Kennedy remains in a Boston hospital awaiting test results to give clues to what led to a seizure. An aide says the Democrat was resting and watching the Red Sox game. 2. At the end of his Middle East trip President Bush chided Arab c

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-18

1. Senator Ted Kennedy is said to be resting comfortably at a Boston hospital after suffering some kind of seizure. The 76-year-old was at his home on Cape Cod at the time and was later airlifted to Boston. 2. President Bush is trying to make amends

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-03

1. A powerful storm system sweeping across the middle of the country has been packing tornadoes and heavy winds, killing at least seven people in Arkansas including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept. 2. Minnesota lawmakers have a deal on c