AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-09)（在线收听）

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

2. United and Continental Airlines are moving closer to announcing a merger 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 hacking of Sarah Palin's e-mail account, the jury deadlocked on the third charge, the most serious charge, carries a maximum 20-year jail sentence.

4. New lion cubs made their debut at the Bronx Zoo. Cubs scrambled ground playfully, not far in the watchful eyes of their mother.