美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-17（在线收听）

1.President Barack Obama and his economic team are taking a cheerier tone on the economy while making about ten billion dollars in federal loans available to struggling small businesses. The White House economic team hopes to build confidence in the economy and settle bipartisan criticism.

2.Don Imus says he's battling stage II prostate cancer. The 68-year-old shock jock made this surprise announcement on his morning radio show. Imus says he was diagnosed last week but he has faith he'll have a full recovery.

3.Police in Florida say NFL player Donte Stallworth's blood work hasn't made it to the lab yet. Authorities say the Cleveland Browns' wide receiver hit and killed a pedestrian while driving in Miami over the weekend. Officials expect the test results by the end of the week. Stallworth has not been charged.

4.NASA says another piece of space junk is drifting toward the International Space Station just as the space shuttle is headed that way. Officials may have to fire the space station's engines to nudge it out of the way. The debris is projected to come within a half mile the space station on Tuesday.