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美联社,新闻一分钟,1. Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the US Supreme Court often casting a swing vote on divisive issues says she is retiring. 2. President Bush vows to name O'Connor's successor quickly, no matt
1. A plant explosion caused the evacuation of some 17,000 people near Raleigh, North Carolina Friday. Officials say they warned of a potential disaster 6 months ago. 2. Horse-drawn buggies took mourne
1. The East Coast was blanketed by as much as 2 feet of snow over the weekend. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, and thousands were left without electricity. 2. While on a quail hunting trip in Texa
1. The 7 Challenger astronauts who died 20 years ago Saturday have been remembered by friends, relatives and NASA officials. The wife of commander Dick Scobee says the families' lives were shattered,
1. American journalist Jill Carroll's captors are threatening to kill her on Feb. 26th, if the US military doesn’t release all Iraqi women from prison. Carroll, a freelance reporter for the Christia
1. 78-year-old Harry Whittington, the Austin lawyer, who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney while quail hunting over the weekend, suffered a minor heart attack Tuesday morning. Whittington is back
1. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improves significantly after more emergency brain surgery. He remains in serious condition and in a medically induced coma . 2. As Shiites rally in Baghdad to pr
1. The Supreme Court rules a lower court was wrong to strike down New Hampshire abortion restrictions, but steers clear of a major abortion ruling. 2. Consumer prices rose by the largest rate in five
1. Masked Kurdish demonstrators set a bus on fire in Turkey Sunday to protest the solitary confinement of a Kurdish rebel leader. Kurdish guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy since 1984. 2. West
1. Major cost-cutting moves were announced Monday at Ford Motor Company. As many as 30,000 jobs will be cut and 14 facilities closed in North America over the next few years in an effort to save billi
1. By week's end, Samuel Alito is expected to be on the US Supreme Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 along party lines Tuesday to send his nomination to the full Senate. That vote is ex
1. Former President Gerald Ford has been released from a California hospital. Ford was admitted there two weeks ago for treatment of pneumonia. At age 92, Ford is the oldest living former president. 2
1. President Bush has announced changes at the White House. Chief of staff Andrew Card has resigned. He'll be replaced by budget chief Joshua Bolten. 2. Former Reagan Defense Secretary Casper Weinberg
1. In Alexandria of Virginia opening arguments were heard Monday afternoon in the sentencing phase for Al-Qaida soldier Zacarias Moussaoui's trial. Moussaoui could receive the death penalty or life in
1. The White House says it's very close to a decision on how to help the troubled US auto industry. But the Bush administration didn't provide any details or even a timetable on when an announcement would be made. One option being considered is a ma
1. President Bush has made a surprise farewell visit to Iraq where he signed a new Iraqi-US security agreement. During a news conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, an Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at Bush. He didn't get hit. Bu
1. Five Blackwater Worldwide guards indicted for deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting are all decorated military veterans. The men are charged following the shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians in a busy Baghdad intersection. 2. House and Senate staffers are spen
1. Firefighters in California are getting no help at all from the weather. Gusty conditions have already helped spread some of the flames. Forecasters say a high pressure system will be keeping things hot and dry for the coming days. 2. Vice Preside