AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-27（在线收听）

1. The California Supreme Court has upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. But the court decided that the thousands of gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect can stay wed.

2. Senate Democrats are promising they'll do their best to get President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee confirmed quickly. Republican senators meanwhile are reacting cautiously to Obama's choice of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.

3. North Korea celebrated its underground nuclear test on Tuesday amid a storm of international criticism against the move. Top officials marked the test with speeches and applause.

4. After years of arguments, a South Carolina judge has approved the settlement over James Brown's estate. It gives nearly half of Brown's wealth to his charitable trust, about a fourth to his wife and young son, and the rest to his adult children. Brown died in 2006.