AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-24（在线收听）

1.President Barack Obama has vowed to cut the country's budget deficit in half by the end of his first term. He said he believes the time has come for a frank discussion about the problem. The deficit is projected to turn over 1.3 trillion dollars this year.

2.Britain's foreign secretary says he’s pleased with the return of Binyam Mohamed. Muhamed is the first Guantanamo detainee released since President Barack Obama took office. The British government has been fighting for his release since 2007. He's flown back to Britain today.

3.Republican Senator Jim Bunning apologized to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying he believed she could die within a year from pancreatic cancer. Doctors diagnosed the 75-year-old justice and removed a small tumor this month. Ginsburg was in court Monday, 18 days after her surgery.

4.All 70-year-old Walter Hoover wanted to do was watch some cable TV but his service was shut off. Police say that's when Hoover got upset and fired a shot into the TV. The Webb City, Missouri man surrendered peacefully after a two-and-a-half-hour standoff.