AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-04)

1. President Barack Obama says his decision to clear the way for oil drilling off most US shores is a compromise aimed at harnessing the nation's energy resources while also protecting its natural resources. The president says he knows environmentali

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-06)

1. President Barack Obama tells Americans to not judge the nearly one-trillion-dollar makeover of health care until reforms take hold. During this campaign-style appearance, Obama mocked pundits and pollsters, who were saying he is not getting a boos

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-07)

1. Those around him are continuing their defence of Pope Benedict on the Easter Sunday. The Pope avoided any public mention of the sex abuse scandal and the allegations of a church cover-up. At Easter Sunday Mass, a senior cardinal defended Benedict

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-12)

1. President Barack Obama is in the Czech Republic, signing a major arms reduction treaty with Russia. Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed the treaty, shrinking both nations' arsenals to 1550 over seven years. It still needs to be ratified by

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-13)

1. Crews have begun the grim task of carrying bodies out of a West Virginia coal mine rocked by an explosion Monday that killed 29 miners. There was thin hope four miners have survived, but their bodies were finally discovered ending days of futile s

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-14)

1. Tens of thousands of Poles turned out to see the hearse carrying the coffin of their late president. The coffin arrived in Poland from Russia where President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people died in a plane crash Saturday. Russian officials said

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-15)

1. A two-day nuclear summit with leaders from 47 countries starts today in Washington. President Barack Obama is looking for global help in his goal of ensuring all nuclear materials worldwide within four years. The president considers nuclear weapon

AP 2010-07-15

1. BP crews are claiming progress as they try to fit a tighter cap on the ruptured well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. In the meantime, the oil is gushing freely from the well head. And officials are warning that there is no guarantee the delic

AP 2010-07-14

1. BP officials say undersea robots have taken off the existing cap, and oil is now gushing freely into the Gulf. The company hopes to fit a tighter dome that will funnel more oil to collection ships upon the surface. 2. Probation and jail records sh

AP 2010-07-13

1. A sightseeing boat carrying 37 people was hit by a barge and overturned Wednesday afternoon, spilling passengers into the Delaware River. Rescue crews aided by the Coast Guards set off a frantic search for two people who were unaccounted for. 2. A

AP 2010-07-12

1. A spy swap may be in the works. US and Russian officials met Wednesday as indictments against eleven people accused of spying for Russia were unsealed in the U.S. Neither side will confirm a swap is in the works, but a lawyer for one of the accuse

AP 2010-07-11

1. The federal government is suing to block Arizona's new immigration law. The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit arguing that Arizona's law targeting illegal immigrants is unconstitutional. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israe

AP 2010-07-10

1. Oil giant BP says its cost for containing the big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico climbed nearly half a billion dollars in just one week. Its tab, now just over three billion dollars. 2. Much of the East Coast is scorching with temperatures way ab

AP 2010-07-09

1. Three billion and counting, that's how much BP says it has spent in attempts to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The money also includes settling damage claims and reimbursing both the federal and local governments. So far, BP has settled

AP 2010-07-08

1. General David Petraeus has formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan. Petraeus said it was important to demonstrate that al-Qaeda and its allies will not to be allowed to again establish sanctuaries in Afgha

AP 2010-07-06

1. President Barack Obama blames political posturing, special interest wrangling for not making headway on immigration policy. Obama wants to fix the system, using more than just what he calls fences and border patrols. 2. Prosecutors say one of the

AP 2010-07-05

1. The Senate has wasted no time in confirming President Barack Obama's new choice to be commander of the Afghanistan war. By a vote of 99 to nothing, senators confirmed General David Patraeus. He'll succeed General Stanley McChrystal. 2. Hurricane A

AP 2010-07-04

1. Hurricane Alex continues to churn through the western Gulf with its aim on the Mexico-Texas border. The storm has sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. Forecasters expect it to make landfall tonight. It is the first Atlantic hurricane in June sinc

AP 2010-07-03

1. The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of General David Petraeus to become the next commander of the Afghanistan war, paving the way for a swift, full Senate confirmation. 2. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashes with the GOP o

AP 2010-07-02

1. Hurricane warnings are now posted for parts of the Texas coast as Tropical Storm Alex continues to strengthen in the Gulf. Forecasters think the storm's path will take it near the Texas-Mexico border. The storm could become a hurricane today. The