AP 2010-08-15

1. Authorities are trying to find out if overcast skies, rain and gusty winds played a role in a crash claimed the lives of former Senator Ted Stevens and four others. And one rescue worker says fishing waders warmed the surviving passengers, helped

AP 2010-08-14

1. Crews have stopped drilling the relief well that's intended to permanently plug BP's broken Gulf oil well. That because a strengthening tropical depression is bearing down on the site. Crews have about 15 feet left to drill, but officials say the

AP 2010-08-13

1. Former Senate Ted Stevens and at least 4 others have been killed in a plane crash near a remote fishing village in Alaska. Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe and his son were also on the plane but survived the crash. 2. A combative Charles Rangel has

AP 2010-08-12

1. Officials with BP say the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico could be permanently sealed this week. Engineers plan to intersect the damaged well with a relief well, possibly in days if not weeks. BP also announced it already has spent more than

AP 2010-08-11

1. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is condemning the slayings of ten medical aid workers in Afghanistan, including six Americans. The ten were gunned down while on a medical mission. The Taliban has claimed credit for the attack. 2. Federal author

AP 2010-08-10

1. Elena Kagan has been sworn in as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Kagan. 2. The Taliban is claiming responsibility for the shooting deaths of ten members of a Ch

AP 2010-08-08

1. BP officials say they plan to begin forcing cement down the blown-out Gulf oil well today. The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships a mile above the sea. Yesterday, crews were able to force down the oil with mud. 2. A fe

AP 2010-08-07

1. BP says it has reached the desired outcome from a procedure in which it pumped mud down the throat of the blown-out well that is leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says the mud is holding the oil down. BP has said that this procedure may b

AP 2010-08-06

1. As BP crews get ready to test a plan to plug the top of its busted oil well, a company spokesman says engineers are still trying to figure out exactly how to use a pair of relief wells they're constructing. The wells were once seen as the only sur

AP 2010-08-05

1. The Environmental Protection Agency says BP has cut its use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico by nearly three quarters since May. That statement comes a day after Congressman Ed Markey released a letter, saying BP carpet bombed the oce

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-08-04)

1. Fire crews in California are working to stamp out the final smoldering ambers of a wildfire that had threatened thousands of homes. The blaze just north of Los Angeles is now mostly contained. 2. Officials in Pakistan say more than 800 people have

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-08-03)

This is AP news minute. The Environmental Protection Agency says BP has cut its use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico by nearly three quarters since May. That statement comes a day after Congressman Ed Markey released a letter saying BP c

AP 2010-08-09

1. Elena Kagan has been confirmed as the 112th Supreme Court justice. She is the fourth woman to serve on the highest court. Kagan will replace another liberal justice recently retired John Paul Stevens. 2. Missouri officials are confirming two death

AP 2010-08-16

1. A Christian charity group says it now believes non-local fighters killed 10 members of its medical team last week in Afghanistan. Originally the charity suspected robbers despite a Taliban claim of responsibility. The attack killed six Americans,

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-08-02)

1. In Arizona, arrests of a rally protesting the state's new immigration law. Demonstrators promise non-violence civil disobedience, despite the ruling by a federal judge, blocking the most contentious parts of the measure. 2. There may be a plea dea

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-08-01)

1. Today marks the 100th day since the start of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people died in the explosion on the deep water horizons some 40 miles off the Louisiana Coast. That explosion and collapse of the rig set off the worst oil sp

AP 2010-08-17

1. Atlanta police say they've arrested a possible suspect in 18 stabbings across three states. Elias Abuelazam was taken into custody late Wednesday before trying to board a flight to Israel from Atlanta. Five men have been killed in the attacks that

AP 2010-08-18

1. Police in Buffalo, New York say a man celebrating his first wedding anniversary was among four people killed during a shooting outside a downtown restaurant. Four other people were wounded. 2. President Barack Obama has declared the Gulf Coast bea

AP 2010-08-19

1. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it would be a sad day for America if opponents stop plans for a proposed mosque near the World Trade Center site. Bloomberg is among a few outspoken officials supporting the construction. On Friday, President

AP 2010-08-20

1. A suicide bomb blast has killed at least 60 people in Baghdad. The bomber set off explosives near an army recruiting center. The recruits had been assembling since before dawn in unprotected area. The Iraqi military blames al-Qaeda in Iraq for rec