美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-19（在线收听）

1. Rejection at the White House. Congressional Democrats don't get their way on a stripped-down spending bill for the war in Iraq. One provision even gave President Bush the right to not comply with the wartime table.

2. An arrest in the attack of this woman in a New York church caught on surveillance video. The woman fought off the attacker with her pen. He was later spotted by an off-duty firefighter who recognized him from news coverage.

3. Rescuers hope underwater whale sounds lure this humpback and her calf back to sea. The pair is up the Sacramento River in northern California, 90 miles from the Pacific Ocean. They are nursing wounds from a boat propeller.

4. He didn't have an appointment, but that didn't stop this young bear from visiting a medical clinic near Albuquerque, New Mexico. A cellphone camera captured the 125-pound bear inside. He was drugged, then released into the wild.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. humpback: n-count
A humpback or a humpback whale is a large whale with a curved back.