AP 2012-02-22(在线收听

 1. The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark was packed to capacity for singer Whitney Houston's funeral. A variety of stars spoke and performed. Houston is expected to be laid to rest near her father's grave in New Jersey.

 
 
 
2. New York's Timothy Dolan is among 22 cardinals named by Pope Benedict Saturday. He artfully dodged suggestions that he could be in line to be the first American pope. 
 
 
 
3. Attorneys presented their final arguments in the first-degree murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player. The prosecution says George Huguely killed his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage.
 
 
 
4. And as many as two million revelers were expected in Rio Saturday. It was the second day of the Black Ball carnival, marked in nearly every part of the city.
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