美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-12

1. Republican senator Bob Corker says he and probably many other GOP senators will consider raising the top tax rate paid by the wealthiest Americans, but only if it meant reforming big entitlement programs such as medicare. 2. Newark, New Jersey May

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-13

The authority of Southern Mexico have found the wreck of a small plane believed in carrying Mexico singing star Jenny Roberra, and there was no survivals. The Australian radio host behind the host phone call to the British hospital while the pregnant

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-14

1. House Speaker John Boehner is accusing President Barack Obama of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff. And he has urged him to name specific cuts in government spending he would support as part of any compromise. 2. The Michigan leg

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-11

The situation remains tense in Egypt, soliders have sealed off the presidential palace, and Egypt's military leaders are waiting into the political crisis, after protests turned violence this week. A pair of Australian radio hosters off the air, and

AP 2012-02-13

1. President Barack Obama is freeing ten states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law. The states must promise to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students. The move is an acknowledgement that t

AP 2012-02-12

1. Rick Santorum surprised just about everybody, winning all three Republican presidential contests on Tuesday. Santorum took home wins in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado. Back in 2008, Minnesota and Colorado voted for Mitt Romney. 2. House Republic

AP 2012-02-11

1. Rick Santorum continues to reap the benefits of his three victories yesterday. He says since then he's collected a quarter million dollars in donations as he tries to win the GOP presidential nomination. 2. A Missouri teenager has been sentenced t

AP 2012-02-14

1. President Barack Obama is offering his birth control plan so that religious employers won't have to cover the cost. Instead, he shifts that responsibility to insurance companies, who will have to provide free contraception. 2. An Islamic extremist

AP 2012-04-12

1. It would be up to a special prosecutor and not the grand jury to decide whether to file charges in the death of Trayvon Martin. Prosecutor Angela Corey says she won't take the case to the grand jury. Under Florida Law, that only have to happen in

AP 2012-04-13

1. Police documents say the two men accused of shooting five people in Oklahoma have confessed. Three of the five have died. All the victims are black. Police described the suspects as white. 2. A pair of tornadoes have touched down in Oklahoma. The

AP 2012-04-14

1. Rick Santorum quits the presidential campaign, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination. Santorum said for him the race is over, but the fight to beat President Obama goes on. 2. The Miami Marlins suspend manager Ozzie G

AP 2012-04-15

1. Tsunami watches and warnings went into effect around the Indian Ocean, after a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast. The US geological survey put the magnitude at 8.6, with at least one powerful aftershock. The quake sent Indonesian coa

AP 2012-04-11

1. Police say they don't have a motive in the shootings that left three people dead and two others critically wounded in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Police said the two suspects arrested overnight will face three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of

AP 2012-03-13

1. President Barack Obama is swinging back at Republicans on gas prices. He says campaign rhetoric demanding more drilling is the bumper sticker, not a longterm solution to the nation's energy situation. 2. Israel pounded Gaza for the second day in a

AP 2012-03-12

1. A top-ranking Syrian official says he is defecting to the opposition, protesting what he calls the brutal crackdown on dissidents. The move comes as the UN humanitarian chief said she was taken aback by what she saw in one of the hardest hit areas

AP 2012-03-14

1. Afghan President Hamid Karzai puts the death toll from an overnight shooting rampage in Southern Kandahar at 16. An American soldier is being blamed. NATO says he's been detained. Nine children and three women were among the dead. 2. The Republica

AP 2012-03-15

1. White House says there'll be no change on its Afghan strategy. That's after a weekend shooting of 16 Afghan civilians allegedly by a US soldier. In the meantime, the Taliban say they are vowing revenge. 2. An attorney for an accused New York madam

AP 2012-03-16

1. Republicans in Mississippi and Alabama head to the polls today. The two states are holding their presidential primaries. Both states are deeply conservative, and are seen as a major test for Mitt Romney who's struggling to attract conservative vot

AP 2012-03-11

1. It was a bruising Super Tuesday but Mitt Romney's campaign is arguing he will be the only candidate left standing come this summer. Wins in six states increase Romney's lead in the race for convention delegates. 2. The Red Cross says most resident

AP 2012-05-12

1. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Wisconsin Democratic primary Tuesday. He'll face off against Republican governor Scott Walker in the June 5th recall vote. 2. Voters in North Carolina have enacted a constitutional amendment defining marriage as