AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-01)（在线收听）

1. A massive tsunami has flattened Samoan villages, sweeping cars and people out to sea. Survivors say they fled 15-foot waves after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the region. About 100 people have been killed and dozens more are missing.

2. First Lady Michelle Obama is in Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics. President Barack Obama will join her on Friday when both of them will participate in the city's final presentation to the International Olympic Committee.

3. Chicago authorities are offering a $6,000 reward for information that leads to more arrests in the fatal beating of a 16-year-old honor student. Four teens have already been charged in the death of Derrion Albert. Officials hope to prevent more violence by increasing patrols in the area.

4. Polar bear Knut spent some more quality time with a female companion at Berlin Zoo on Wednesday. But there is no romance between Knut and Giovanna who is on loan from a Munich zoo. Experts say the two-year-old bears have not reached sexual maturity.