AP 2011-08-02

1. The House has rejected a debt-limit bill by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. The move comes as time is running out for a deal to be reached. The White House says the Treasury won't be able to pay all of its bills without new legislation by Tue

AP 2011-11-04

1. Today could be the final day of testimony in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor. Testimony from defendant Dr. Conrad Murray is up in the air. He says he'll make that decision today. 2. A small jet carrying the owner of

AP 2011-11-19

1. The Secret Service says at least one bullet hit a White House window, but bulletproof glass stopped it. Rounds of ammunition were found outside the White House on Tuesday. It's unclear this is connected to reports of gunfire near White House last

AP 2010-03-21

1. Just a day after a jobs bill cleared Congress, President Barack Obama is expected to sign it today. The bill includes 18 billion dollars in tax breaks and extends highway and mass transit program to the end of the year. It's estimated the bill cou

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-19)

More and more people are trying to flee Port-au-Prince as the scope of the damage from Tuesday's major earthquake becomes clearer.Surivivors have been searching for lot ones in the rubbles-strewn in the streets.The death toll from 7.0 remains unknown

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-23)

This is AP News Munite. UN officials say more than 73,000 people in Haiti have received food last week but many more still wait. Some desperate crowds turn to looting to get what they need six days after the earthquake. Haitian authorities say they h

AP 2010-02-19

1. Toyota has announced it will recall more than 400,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles around the globe to fix brake problems. This recall is the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker. This recall invol

AP 2010-02-14

1. Very hazardous and nearly impossible. That is how forecasters and government officials near Washington D.C. are describing what trouble will be like tonight. The mid-Atlantic is bracing for a storm that could dump up to two feet of snow in certain

AP 2010-03-01

1. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the government will pursue questions about the electronics on Toyotas that could potentially have sudden and dangerous acceleration. The head of Toyota sales in US testified yesterday about recent Toyota re

AP 2010-08-23

1. Goodbye Iraq. The final American combat brigade headed over the Kuwait border on the way to the US. President Obama pledged to end combat by August 31st. The departure beats its deadline by nearly two weeks. Fifty thousand troops will remain in no

AP 2010-09-19

1. It was a good night for Tea Party candidates in Delaware. Christine O'Donnell rode a surge of support from Tea Party activists to win the Republican Senate primary. She defeated nine-term Congressman Mike Castle. The winner in the general election

AP 2010-09-17

1. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Egypt for the second round in the latest Mideast peace efforts. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are set to meet at the summit. On Wednesday the summit shift

AP 2010-07-23

1. Senate Republicans are firing back at the latest criticism from President Barack Obama. He's accusing them of standing in the way of extended unemployment benefits. GOP lawmakers say they will support an extension only if the bill is paid for and

AP 2010-07-22

1. An administration official says testing will continue as BP and the government disagree over whether the new cap on the well should be removed. BP wants to keep the cap while administration officials say that cap should be removed. They guess meth

AP 2010-05-19

1. BP says it hopes to siphon as much as half of the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, and it's getting ready to shoot mud into a blown-out well later this week to try and stop it all. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is defending the governmen

AP 2010-07-19

1. BP will soon start tests on a new containment cap over the leaking Gulf oil well. The government ordered extra safety precautions for the procedure. BP says the test will take up to 48 hours. 2. The teenager known as the Barefoot Bandit appeared a

AP 2010-11-19

1. Ohio officials say a missing 13-year-old girl has been found safe a short distance from her home. A man has been charged with holding the girl against her will. Her mother, brother and a family friend remain missing. 2. President Barack Obama retu

AP 2010-11-18

1. The ethics trial of Rep. Charles Rangel is going ahead without the New York Democrat there. The 80-year-old Rangel says he has no money for attorneys asking for a delay to start a legal defense fund. The House panel said no. 2. A search near an Oh

AP 2009-09-16

1. In a speech in New York Monday, President Barack Obama says he sees new signs of the kind of high-risk business behaviour that nearly caused a financial meltdown a year ago. He's warning Wall Street there won't be another bailout. Obama also said

AP 2012-01-18

1. The day after Mitt Romney's big win in the New Hampshire primary, attacks from Republican rivals asattention shifts to the South Carolina primary. Newt Gingrich says Romney's work asa venture capitalist cost people jobs. 2. The USsays it played no