美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-09-21

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1. Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the streets of Jena, Louisiana today to support six black teenagers charged in connection with the beating of a white classmate. This after prosecutors² declined to charge three white teenagers who hung nooses in a tree on high school grounds.

2. President Bush says despite some unsettling times in the housing and credit market, the economy is in good shape. He said he doesn't expect the issues to spread to the broader economy.

3. Another secretary is leaving President Bush's cabinet. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is stepping down. He is expected to run for the Senate seat Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel is giving up.

4. God has answered his accuser. Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers⁴ sued God for a permanent injunction on natural disasters. But in a legal response that a court clerk says appeared mysteriously, God says he was never properly served. So the case should be dismissed.