美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-12

1. Take a vote versus Lets negotiate, the stalemate of the partial government shutdown continued into its eighth day on Tuesday. During a lengthy press conference, President Obama said he called House Speaker John Boehner and urged him to let the Hou

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-13

President Barack Obama officially nominated Janet Yellen to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. She's currently number 2 at the Central Bank behind outgoing Ben Bernanke and would be the first woman to head the Reserve. An Associated Press-GFK poll

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-14

1. Libyan state media says the country's prime minister has been freed. The government said Ali Zidan had been abducted by armed gunman early Thursday. 2. President Obama hosts top House Republicans at the White House Thursday as they look for ways t

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-15

1. House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are willing to extend the governments ability to borrow money for 6 weeks. But he says President Barack Obama must agree to negotiate over ending the partial government shutdown and reducing budget defic

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-16

1. The Senate was in session Sunday, but there is little to indicate a resolution is at hand for the partial government shutdown. Democrats criticized their Republican colleagues, accusing them of blocking attempts to find a compromise to end the bud

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-11

Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday. They discovered how tiny bubbles inside cells shuttle key substances around, delivering the right cargo to the right place at the right time. Their research could eventually lead to new medicine

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-12

1. President Obama has half a dozen television interviews scheduled for Monday. He's making the case for whether they'll have limited military strike against Syria in response to that country's alleged use of chemical weapons. Meanwhile Syrian Presid

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-13

U.S. officials say they will take a hard look at proposal for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to internaional control to avoid a military strike. But the administration expressed serious skepticism about Syrian President Assad's intentions. S

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-14

1. President Obama is set to address the nation Tuesday night about his plans for limited military strikes against Syria. The President says he is open to a Russian plan to have Syria surrender its chemical weapons. 2. Tropical storm Gabrielle is gai

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-15

This is AP News Minute. President Obama is looking at a two-track strategy to deal with Syria and its stockpile of chemical weapons. Obama is joining the call for the U.N. Security Council to start talks aimed at securing those weapons while pushing

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-11

1. The White House says a common-sense test shows that the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical weapons attack last month. Chief of Staff Denis McDonough appeared on five TV news shows Sunday as the White House continues its campaign to co

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-15

The death toll in the typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands stands at more than 900. But authorities fear it could climb to 10,000 or more. Bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine. Foreign g

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-12

1. I feel a responsibility for this entire workplace, environment, atmosphere. And as a coach, your job is to help develop players, as football players, as people, as men. Thats what I have done for 30 years, thats what I have committed to do on this

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-13

1. The typhoon that has slammed into Philippine on Friday is shaping up as one of the deadliest natural disasters on record there. There will be days before the full extensive the damages are assessed. But official say as many as 10,000 people are be

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-14

1. Secretary of State John Kerry says major world powers have agreed on what sort on nuclear deal to offer Iran. That nation refused to accept it during talks in Geneva. 2. Officials in the Philippine say the number of dead in Fridays Typhoon can rea

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-11

1. Twitter trended its first day as a public trade company. The stock opened at 45.10 a share, 73% above its initial offering price. Twitter was the most anticipated IPO since Facebook. 2. The government says it will be going to require a gradual pha

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-12-12

1. The big snow and ice storm heading up the east coast is making a mess for anyone on the go. Sunday, the storm dropped heavy snow and ice on eastern and mid Atlantic states. 2. Scores of world leaders are arriving South Africa for Tuesdays memorial

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-12-13

Nearly a hundred heads of state, including President Barack Obama are expected to gather Tuesday in South Africa to honor Nelson Mandela. Among those listed in the program are Obama, U.N. Secretary-Genegral Ban Ki-Moon and Cuban President Raul Castro

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-12-14

1. President Obama eulogized former South African President Nelson Mandela at a memorial service in Johannesburg earlier Tuesday, calling Mandela the last great liberator of the 20th century. Obama compared him to Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King J

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-12-15

Tens of thousands of people and world leaders gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa to remember Nelson Mandela. President Obama praised Mandela as the man who changed the world and inspired him to run for president. South Africa shows we can change,