AP 2011-06-27

1. FBI agents have been hauling ammunition and weapons out of the Santa Monica, California apartment building. It's where 81-year-old Boston mob Boss James Whitey Bulger was captured after 16 years on the run. The FBI says a large amount of cash was

AP 2010-09-30

1. Canadian authorities are investigating whether a bomb scare was really a terrorism hoax. A plane bound from Toronto to Karachi was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian authorities received a tip that a passenger was carrying explosives. No explosi

AP 2010-07-24

1. Senate Democrats are expected to clear a procedural hurdle today in their latest bid to pass an extension of jobless benefits. Democrats are expected to be able to break a GOP filibuster right after West Virginia senator Carte Goodwin is sworn int

AP 2010-07-25

1. The nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court clears a Senate Committee by a vote of 13:6, with only one Republican supporting her. Now, the full Senate is expected to vote on her nomination before Congress begins its summer recess. 2. Actre

AP 2010-10-26

1. A new AP poll of likely voters finds theyre evenly divided on whether President Barack Obama's health care law should be scrubbed or retooled. Among likely voters, 36% said they want to revise the law, 37% want the law repealed, only 15% said they

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-30

1. A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights from Paris and from Prague earlier this month. We have no suspicion that this patient was highly infectious. In f

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LOS ANGELES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan began her 35 days of house arrest after turning herself in at a Lynwood detention center early Thursday morning, authorities said. The 24-year-old star went home to begin her court-ordered house a

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Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab

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Lindsay Lohan ordered to be sent to jail for 30 days

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Lindsay Lohan comes back

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan will host Saturday Night Live on March 3, marking her first return to the show since 2006, according to foreign media reports Tuesday. The former Disney darling rose to fame between 2003 and

Judge warns Lindsay Lohan of jail terms

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-13)

1. President Barack Obama is welcoming new tougher UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, saying it sends an unmistakable message, but his Iranian counterpart says the new penalties are worthless, comparing them to annoy

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-06

1. The main highway between southern and central California remains closed in both directions. Blowing snow and ice from another winter storm have made driving conditions treacherous. Officials closed Interstate 5 after cars began sliding into lanes.

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-08

1. The 112th Congress will be sworn in today with incoming House Speaker John Boehner taking the gavel from Nancy Pelosi. House Republicans say the first order of business would be to repeal the health care bill that was passed just last year. 2. The

AP 2011-05-15

1. Crews are working to shore up levees along the Mississippi River as floodwaters are expected to swell in the next few days in the Mississippi Delta. State officials are urging residents to seek higher ground. The local economy is taking a hit as t

Lindsay Lohan free from house arrest after 35 days

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan was officially released Wednesday after 35 days of house arrest, according to media reports Thursday. I'm excited to start community service and focus on my work, Lohan spoke to TMZ before sh

Hollywood actress Lohan's probation revoked

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who has been put under a probation stemming from a misdemeanor theft and 2007 drunk driving case, saw her probation revoked by a Los Angeles judge as she failed to fulfill her