美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-16

1. The registered sex offender who barricaded himself in a home for days with 3 captives was shot to death Sunday. The 3 captives, an 18-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy were rescued. Authorities in New Jersey say bodies of the

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-13

1. A jury found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander. The four-month trial culminated in the verdict read Wednesday afternoon. Arias had claimed she acted in self defense. 2. A second woman resc

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-12

1.The three Cleveland brothers could go to court Wednesday morning for allegedly kidnapping three women and holding them prisoner for about a decade. The city says investigators have no record of anyone calling about criminal activity in the house wh

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-14

1. President Obama says the US economy is poised for progress. The president travelled to Texas, urging Americans to back his proposals on jobs, education and the minimal wage. 2. An Ohio prosecutor says he will weigh whether to seek the death penalt

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-11

1. Cleveland police are facing questions about their handling of the case, after 3 women abducted a decade ago, were found alive inside a home yesterday. Two neighbors say they called to report suspicious activities and that police responded, but nev

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-20

1. Attorney General Eric Holder will likely face tough questioning today by the House Judiciary Committee. Topics are expected to include the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at the Associated Press and the government's handling of int

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-19

1.Lawmakers are pressing Attorney General Eric Holder about subpoenas of Associated Press phone records. Holder told Congress that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of records. 2.House Speaker John Boehner is asking who's

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-18

1. Attorney General, Eric Holder says he is ordering a justice department investigation into the IRS targeting conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. The FBI will see if any laws were broken. 2. But Holder says he had no direct role in the justi

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-17

1.President Barack Obama said the Internal Revenue Service should never be perceived as anything less than neutral. Speaking from the White House Monday, Obama said he will not tolerate political bias at the IRS and promised to get to the bottom. But

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-01

1. Vice President Joe Biden tried to console the parents of slain MIT police officer Sean Collier today. Biden was one of thousands of mourners attending Collier's memorial service. Authorities say Collier was shot by the suspects in the Boston Marat

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-03

1.The House of Representatives could vote Friday on a bill to end furloughs for air traffic controllers. The furloughs, which were triggered by budget cuts, are blamed for thousands of flight delays this week. 2.Japan's transportation minister says t

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-04

1. Congress has approved legislation that ends furloughs of air traffic controllers. 2. Government officials say the Boston bombing suspects mother was added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack. 3. Hundreds of high schoo

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-05

1.President Obama heads to Costa Rica Friday to meet with central American leaders. He'll speak to students in Mexico city before leaving Mexico. 2.A Boston area funeral home has claimed the body of the deceased marathon bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsa

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-06

1. Good news on the job front. Employers in April add 165,000 jobs. The unemployment rate falling to 7.5%. But the Fed says it will keep short-term interest rates low until unemployment falls to 6.5%. 2. The surge in hiring sent stocks higher, climbi

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-07

1. President Barack Obama is wrapping up a trip in Costa Rica by saying the world is becoming very competitive in the 21st century. He spoke at a forum on economic growth and development, pledging to improve US trading relationships with Latin Americ

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-08

1. Israel has deployed two batteries of its Iron Dome rocket defense system to the north of the country after Israeli warplanes struck the Syrian capital. A senior Israeli official says the airstrikes were targeting a shipment of precision guided mis

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-09

1. A funeral director is still trying to find a cemetery to take the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts denied a request to bury the Boston Marathon suspect in a city-owned cemetery. 2. A stretch limo that burst into the

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-10

1.hree women missing for about a decade had been found alive in Cleveland. Three brothers, all in their fifties, are under arrest. 2.US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow Tuesday. He's making the case for Russia to take a tougher stance

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-02

1. New York officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to detonate their remaining explosives in Times Square. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told the investigators that he and his brother were planning an attack in New York. 2. The Obama adminis

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-21

1. Parts of north Texas have been slammed by tornadoes with at least 6 people killed and dozens people injured. The spring tornadoes outbreak has destroyed or damaged dozens of homes. 2. A cyclone is heading toward Bangladesh. Severe weather has alre