美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-01

1. Hurricane Isaac is fixed near the Southeast Louisiana coast. The national hurricane center says the category one storm is forecast to drift over the coast for the next day or two before heading inland. 2. New Jersey governor Chris Christie is labe

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-09

1. President Barack Obama will be giving his acceptance speech before a much smaller audience than originally planned. Officials have scrapped plans to hold Thursday night's speech in an outdoor football stadium because of the weather. Instead, Obama

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-09

1. Republicans in talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff are calling on President Barack Obama to respond to Monday's GOP offer. But the White House is dismissing the plan saying it fails to raise the top two tax brackets for upper-income earners.

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-07

1. In order to avoid the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama says Republicans will have to let tax rates go up on wealthy Americans. In an interview at Bloomberg Television, Obama also said he consider lowering rates for top 2% of earners next year.

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-21

1.President Obama says the controversial NSA surveillance programs are transparent. The president spoke to PBS's Charlie Rose and promised that the NSA is not listening to Americans' phone calls or reading their E-mails. 2.Afghan forces have formally

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-15

1. New York City fans of giant cups full of sugary soft drinks can continue to feed their cravings. A judge struck down the 16-ounce size limit for sodas and other sweet drinks. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg still defends his idea. 2. The Senate Judici

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-22

1. Investigators are looking into what went wrong during a training exercise in Nevada's high desert. A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half dozen others. 2. The death toll in a series of bombings throughout Baghdad is now a

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-04-16

1. Supporters of tougher gun laws have won a key vote in the Senate. Conservatives were defeated in their attempt to block the Senates gun proposals from coming to the floor for a vote. 2. At least two people are dead and some three dozen others are

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-04-18

1. Taxes are due in the US on April 15th. Long lines are expected at post offices as millions of Americans file just ahead of deadline. 2. Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election to succeed the late Hugo Chavez. Ch

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-08

1. An official says the eight passengers aboard a small aircraft with landing gear troubles walked off the plane after it landed safely in St. Louis. 2. Police have identified a suspect being sought in the hit-and-run death of a pregnant woman and he

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-05

1.Some 85 billion dollars across the board spending cuts to dramatic agencies on the military are said to kick in Friday, president Barack Obama scheduled a meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow morning. 2.In South Africa, an investigation unde

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-09

1. Egypts new interim president is paying tribute to the protesters who helped drive Mohammed Morsi from power. After his swearing in, Adly Mansour said the protesters corrected the path of the revolution that forced Hosni Mubarak out in 2011. 2. Aut

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-18

1. Fire fighters are working to get more people back into their homes after authorities lifted evacuations orders prompted by the wildfire near Colorado Springs. Officials say the fire is now 65% contained. 2. Former Vice President, Dick Cheney says

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-06

1. The National Rifle Association and gun control advocates are facing off at a Senate hearing on curbing gun violence. The NRA says it favors enforcing exsisting gun laws. Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' husband will be testifying f

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-01

1. More than 230 people are dead after a fire swept through a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil. More than 100 more are being treated at hospitals. Witnesses say a flare or fireworks may have sparked the fire. 2. Egyptian health officials say three pe

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-10

1.I welcome the president's comments because it has been a priority, and we want to make sure that people understand what we are doing to make our game safer, not just in the NFL but throughout sports. And the changes we are making in the NFL, I thin

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 2013-05-17

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 2013-07-17

1. The brother of George Zimmerman says he'll always be looking over his shoulder - despite his acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin. There have been rallies against the verdict acroos the country. 2. Actress Lea Michele is said to be devastated

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-12-08

The man at the controls of a commuter train that detrailed in New York has admitted to nodding off just before the accident. A rail union official says the engineer experienced a type of highway hypnosis as the train approached the curve at nearly 3