AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-09)

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1. Heavy winds and high tides complicated efforts to hold back oil that threatened to coat birds and other marine¹ life as it oozed² ashore³ from the Gulf⁴ of Mexico, the White House halted any new offshore⁵ oil projects until safeguards are in place to prevent rig explosions like the one that caused the spill.

2. United and Continental⁶ Airlines are moving closer to announcing a merger⁷ as early as Monday. People familiar with the matter say the two airlines will combine to form the world's largest carrier by passenger traffic. It would plan to be United name and be based in Chicago.

3. The 22-year-old David Kernell was convicted on two charges in the hacking⁸ of Sarah Palin's e-mail account, the jury deadlocked⁹ on the third charge, the most serious charge, carries a maximum 20-year jail sentence.

4. New lion cubs¹⁰ made their debut¹¹ at the Bronx Zoo. Cubs scrambled¹² ground playfully, not far in the watchful¹³ eyes of their mother.