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1.As if spending one night at Chicago's O'Hare Airport wasn't enough. Some passengers face the prospect of doing it again this Christmas Eve. More than 100 flights were canceled at O'Hare today, a day after the weather forced the cancellations of mo
1. It looks like Illinois state lawmakers won't be getting into the criminal case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich as they consider whether he should be impeached. Federal prosecutors today asked them not to delve into the case, saying they're concerned
1. The White House is calling on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks into Israel and warns Israel needs to avoid civilian casualties as the region erupted into violence today. More than 200 people were killed when Israel unleashed unprecedented airstri
1. One of the holiest Shiite shrines in all of Iraq has been hit by a car bombing. More than 50 people were killed in an explosion in Karbala. Another 70 were wounded. 2. A suicide bomber has killed 22 people at a public meeting in northwestern Paki
1. Iraqi police say at least 57 people are dead and nearly 300 wounded after two separate suicide attacks. Authorities say three women were among a group of pilgrims when they blew themselves up in Baghdad. Officials also say a woman may be responsi
1. Prosecutors say new DNA tests clear the family of JonBenet Ramsey in the 1996 killing of the six-year-old beauty queen. The District Attorney's Office says tests point to an unexplained third party. 2. More than 1,000 people have been confirmed i
1. The Iraqi government and Barack Obama are both hoping US combat forces can leave in 2010. That's after Obama met with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But a spokesman there says any withdrawal plan depends on whether the level of violence i
The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba can begin. A federal judge says the courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. The trial involves Osama bin Laden's former driver. Pilots at US Airways say the carrier i
美联社,新闻一分钟,New Orleans,flood,Bush,1. In New Orleans, evacuations of the flood ruined city finally seem to pick up steam as planes, trains and buses deliver refugees to safety. 2. President Bush orders thousands of active duty troops t
美联社,新闻一分钟,New Orleans,hurricane,Bush,1. In New Orleans soldiers coax some Hurricane Katrina holdouts from their homes. All residents in the flooded city are ordered out by force if necessary. 2. President Bush and Justice Sandra Day O'Co
美联社,新闻一分钟,federal,hurricane,New Orleans,1. Embattled FEMA chief Michael Brown is relieved of onsite command of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, replaced by a vice admiral . 2. Authorities in New Orleans say their first systematic
1. Saudi officials say they've broken up a terror plot on the verge of being carried out. One hundred seventy two Islamic militants have been arrested. Police also confiscated weapons and cash. 2. A new book by former CIA Director George Tenet says
1. An apartment building collapses in Istanbul with rescuers pulling two people out of the rubble alive. The mayor blames the collapse on a damaged foundation caused by a contractor tearing down the building next door. 2. A historic veto showdown is
1. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76. He is credited with engineering the collapse of the Soviet Union and introducing a market economy to the former communist state. 2. Thousands of Virginia Tech students paid solemn
1. Authorities in South Florida say they have solved the 1981 killing of Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh who later gained fame as host of America's Most Wanted. The man believed responsible for the crime, serial killer Ottis Toole, died in prison more
1.President George W. Bush is headed back to the U.S. after a quick trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. The president's first stop was Baghdad where an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at Bush, the president was not hurt. He then traveled to Kabul where he
1. The head of Ford says he is willing to work for a dollar a year, part of a push to get 25 billion dollars from Congress to help save the auto industry. The push for money includes appearances by all the auto chiefs before Congress. 2. A recovery
1. The head of the United Auto Workers Union says Congress needs to act now to help US automakers, or General Motors could fail by the end of the month. At a Senate hearing, GM's chief executive said the automakers have made mistakes, but are learni
1. President-elect Barack Obama has named retired General Eric Shinseki as his Veterans Affairs secretary. Shinseki served as Army chief of staff in the Bush administration but left after testifying that it might take several hundred thousand US tro
1. President Obama is in Mexico to confront a security threat on America's doorstep - the deadly flow of drugs and weapons. Following his short stay in Mexico City, Obama travels to the two-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for the Summ