美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-22（在线收听）

1. Hours after a former Illinois police sergeant suspected in his fourth wife's disappearance turned himself in, he was released. Police had issued a warrant for Drew Peterson’s arrest in an unrelated weapons charge. Authorities are also investigating the death of Peterson's third wife.  

2. Ted Kennedy has left the hospital and is back home in Cape Cod. Doctors say Kennedy has recovered remarkably quickly from a brain biopsy. They say he'll recuperate over the holiday weekend and wait for further test results.

3. President Bush has vetoed the 300 billion-dollar farm bill. He's calling it a tax increase on regular Americans at a time of high food prices but record farm profits. It's his 10th veto and one that's likely to be overridden by Congress which passed the bill with a veto-proof majority.

4. If you fly American Airlines and want to check a bag, you are ready to pay 15 dollars for the privilege. American will become the first major carrier to institute a fee for the first piece of luggage. Just last month it joined a number of other airlines in charging 25 dollars for a second bag.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. recuperate: v.

to get better again after an illness or injury

2. veto-proof: adj.

Veto-proof describes those votes with a margin sufficient to override a veto, should it occur.

Since a 2/3 vote is required to override, a veto-proof majority is 290 in the House and 67 in the Senate.