AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-21)（在线收听）

1. UN-backed fraud investigators have thrown out hundreds of thousands of ballots for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The move could set up a run-off vote between Karzai and his top challenger. The White House said Monday that it's important for Afghan leaders to show the election is legitimate.

2. The investigation continues into the killing of a University of Connecticut football player over the school's homecoming weekend. Cornerback Jasper Howard was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a school-sanctioned dance early Sunday morning.

3. President Barack Obama visited a Maryland school Monday to congratulate the students and teachers for their hard work. Obama met and shook hands with third- and fourth-grade students at Viers Mill Elementary School during their lunch period.

4. A day after losing to the previously winless Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins head coach Jim Zorn has been stripped of his play calling duties. Zorn will turned the job over to 67-year-old Sherman Lewis who came out of retirement as a consultant just weeks ago.