VOA双语新闻：美国人泰然应对油价上涨

Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa in the past few months has driven the price of oil on the world market to more than $100 a barrel, causing a spike in fuel prices in the United States that is putting a crimp in transportation budgets for f

VOA双语新闻：环境之友：在城市里栽种蔬果

As more Americans try to adopt healthy lifestyles and environmentally friendly practices, the idea of growing their own food has become increasingly popular among city dwellers. That interest was evident at a recent urban gardening forum in Washingto

VOA双语新闻：股神巴菲特寻机投资印度

American investor Warren Buffett says he is looking at investment opportunities in India. The worlds third richest man, who has given away most of his fortune, has also expressed optimism that philanthropy will increase in India. 美国投资大亨巴菲

VOA双语新闻：美国大学学生半工半读，无债务负

The Friday afternoon computer science class at Berea College looks much like similar classes on campuses all over America. But theres one big difference. While a four-year undergraduate degree at Berea costs nearly $100,000, these students will never

VOA双语新闻：亚洲国家赞扬防灾努力

Officials in charge of dealing with disasters in Asia have hailed progress in efforts to better prepare the region. At a meeting in Thailand, they said climate change is worsening natural disasters, however, and that more cooperation and aid for deve

VOA双语新闻：美战机在利比亚坠毁

Heavy ground fighting was reported in several cities across Libya Tuesday, the fourth day of a U.N.-backed effort to establish a no-fly zone across the north of the country. U.S. confirmed one of its jets crash-landed while taking part in that effort

VOA双语新闻：美教会对周边社区影响的价值

Religious congregations help the homeless, provide counseling, offer spiritual guidance and celebrate life cycle events. Churches and synagogues have played these roles for hundreds of generations. But for the first time, a new study has put an econo

VOA双语新闻：里根家乡人纪念里根百年诞辰

Though he gained prominence as an actor in Hollywood and later as President of the United States, the people of Dixon, Illinois, remember Ronald Reagan as a hometown hero who saved the lives of 77 people while working as a lifeguard. The town is hono

VOA双语新闻：关注利比亚地雷问题

As the fighting rages in Libya, human rights groups are looking to a longer term consequence of the war - the use of landmines. The hazards of mortar fire and rocket attacks are bad enough, but Libyans must now face the renewed problem of anti-person

VOA双语新闻：记者亲历：班加西市民宁静而紧张的生活

The fighting in Libya has devastated coastal cities in the central part of the country, but life in parts of the rebel-controlled east has settled into some measure of uneasy calm. 利比亚的战火给中部沿海城市造成重创，不过，在反政

VOA双语新闻 ：帕金森氏症研究的最新进展

New medical research into a possible cure for Parkinson's disease is focusing on finding biomarkers in patients so that doctors can start treatment early before tremors and other symptoms start. Actor Michael J. Fox's recent commitment of $40 million

VOA双语新闻：切尔诺贝利撤离人员回访旧居

In Ukraine they call them Chernobylites. People affected by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in then-Soviet Ukraine. Residents evacuated after the April 26, 1986 disaster lost their homes as well as their health. And the workers sent

VOA双语新闻：一帮一：美国辅导帮助组织

Mentoring is a time-honored relationship, in which someone with more experience helps another with less, for purposes of growth, knowledge and support. Thats the idea behind Mentoring USA, a New York based non-profit organization that matches childre

VOA双语新闻：美国掠影：大号套餐的诱惑

First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the talk-show rounds, plugging an exercise program called Lets Move. Designed to get Americas young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nations obesity epidemic. 美国第一夫人米

VOA双语新闻：美国拉美裔人口显著增长

Recently released data from the 2010 U.S. census shows significant growth in the nation's Hispanic population. And nowhere has that growth been more dramatic than in the southwestern state of Texas, the state with the biggest overall population incre

VOA双语新闻：利比亚叛军声称夺回重要油港布雷加

Libyan rebels are claiming to have captured the strategic oil port town of Brega Saturday as fighting continues against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Popular protests are also continuing across the region, especially in Yemen and Syr

VOA双语新闻：美活动人士绝食抗议政府削减预算

Leading anti-hunger advocates are fasting to protest U.S. budget-cutting proposals that could threaten some of the world's most vulnerable people. 一些主要的反饥锇活动人士最近绝食，抗议美国政府削减预算的建议。他们认为

VOA双语新闻：美国穆斯林继续是主要歧视对象

The Obama administration says Muslim-Americans continue to be prime targets for hate, abuse and discrimination, a situation that requires proactive efforts by authorities to combat. Safeguarding the rights of Muslims in the United States was the focu

VOA双语新闻：美国人物：传承印第安文化的斯内夫

For decades, films and television shows almost always portrayed American Indians as stereotypes. The stories were written and produced by white Americans. In 1977, Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) was founded to bring audiences native

VOA双语新闻：美国黑人与白人仍存在巨大差距

A new report by the National Urban League, a leading U.S. civil rights organization, says African-Americans still lag far behind whites when it comes to finding jobs, getting adequate healthcare and being enrolled in college. The annual study, which