VOA双语新闻：节省能源建筑竞赛

In its first ever National Building Competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged teams from across the nation to cut wasteful energy use in buildings in which they live and work. Residential and commercial buildings together consu

VOA双语新闻：纽约黑人聚居区

While many Americans are familiar with black slavery in the South during the 19th Century and its role in igniting the nations great Civil War, less attention has been paid to the black experience in northern cities such as New York, where so-called

VOA双语新闻：音乐学院的另类培训：音乐企业家

Not long ago, most professional musicians lived in a world far removed from the nitty-gritty of business management, distribution and promotion. But today, social media, laptop production techniques and fragmented musical tastes have largely replaced

VOA双语新闻：卡扎菲军队空袭石油港口城市布雷

Insurgents opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continue to hold two strategic towns along the road to eastern Libya, after unsuccessful attempts by pro-Gadhafi forces to retake them. Libyan warplanes launched new air strikes Thursday against the

VOA双语新闻：美国最后一位一战老兵去世

The last known American veteran of World War I died Sunday at his home in West Virginia. Former U.S. Army Corporal Frank Buckles was 110 years old. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin had the chance to speak to Mr. Buckles several years ago and file

VOA双语新闻：NBA的外籍球员们

The number of foreign-born players in America's professional National Basketball Association has tripled in the past two decades. One of the veterans - San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker - and a rookie - Washington Wizards' Hamady Ndiaye - talk about the

VOA双语新闻：美国失业率2月份下降到8.9%

U.S. unemployment dipped below 9 percent last month, as private employers added the most jobs since April. The U.S. Labor Department released its monthly employment report Friday, showing the U.S. economy picked up a net total of 192,000 jobs in Febr

VOA双语新闻：美国汽车销售2月份激增

Auto sales jumped sharply in the United States last month as consumers came back to showrooms to check out the newest models. The world's top two automakers gained the most traction in February, bolstered in part by consumers migrating to more fuel-e

VOA双语新闻：儿童餐室帮助低收入家庭儿童

In the United States, many low income parents cannot afford to buy enough food for their children. A program called Kids Caf is helping some of these children by providing free nutritious snacks and meals during after-school programs. 在美国，许多

VOA双语新闻：社交媒体改变诊所运作方式

Just as the Internet's social networks have changed the way people communicate - a case in point is how Facebook helped Egyptian protesters to organize their historic demonstrations - social media also are changing the way doctors' offices operate an

VOA双语新闻：美国和平队50周年，依然吸引志愿者

Alex Gordon volunteered in the Peace Corps in the early 1990s. He has a box full of keepsakes from the more than two years he spent building a rural school in Paraguay. 亚历克斯戈登1990年早期参加过和平队。作为和平队志愿者，他在

VOA双语新闻：美国和平队志愿者深入乡村社区

As the U.S. Peace Corps celebrates its 50th year of service, the more than 8,000 volunteers currently working in the developing world still adhere to its early vision of service in communities. Volunteers working in one of the agency's newest program

VOA双语新闻：美国人物：漫画大师斯坦·李

Stan Lee is the creative force behind some of the world's greatest comic-book super-heroes. He created iconic characters such as Spiderman, the X-Men, Incredible Hulk and Captain America. For 70 years, Lee has led fans into a world where heroes with

VOA双语新闻：发现号航天飞机的告别之旅

As Discovery begins its 39th and final mission into Earth's orbit Thursday, Americas 30-year space shuttle program comes one step closer to its scheduled end this April. 发现号航天飞机2月24日下午升空，开始它第39次、也是最后一次

VOA双语新闻：转基因作物与有机种植和睦共处？

In the midst of lawsuits over genetically modified organisms, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking, Can't we all just get along? 面对围绕基因改良物种所引发的诉讼，美国农业部提出，我们能否和睦共处？ GMO oppone

VOA双语新闻：越南反对老挝水电项目

Vietnamese officials are criticizing the Lao governments controversial plan to build a dam on the Mekong River. Analysts say opposition from Vietnam and other lower Mekong countries could force Laos to scale back its hydropower ambitions. 越南政府官

VOA双语新闻：日本人希望灾后重建带动经济发展

Japans government says the total cost of the damage caused by the tsunami could reach 25 trillion yen or U.S. $309 billion. 日本政府说，这次地震海啸造成的经济损失可能高达3千零90亿美元。 Reconstruction could boost economy

VOA双语新闻：克林顿承诺向埃及提供经济援助

Fifteen years after pulling out because of Sierra Leones civil war, Peace Corps volunteers are back in the West African nation. A look at the organization's work as the Peace Corps marks its 50th anniversary this year, March 1st. 3月1号是和平队成

VOA双语新闻：美国新兴教会吸引大批会众

It's Sunday morning at the Jammin Java cafe in Vienna, Virginia. A group of people have gathered in the back - to pray. The sticky floors and low lighting are not exactly inspirational. But this is no ordinary church. It's a new kind of worship that

VOA双语新闻：日本食品四面楚歌

The number of governments that have banned Japanese food imports due to fears of radiation contamination is growing. On Friday, China joined Singapore and the U.S. in halting some imported foods from radiation-affected areas of Japan. Other governmen