This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, editors and news directors of the Associated Press in the United States vote for the top ten news stories of the year. They named the American economy as the top news story of two t
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Faith Lapidus. Happy New Year! Before we look ahead to two thousand ten, we want to talk about some of the best movies and books of two thousand nine. And we play some great music w
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Two thousand nine may be remembered as the year the world avoided an economic depression. In the United States, stock prices sank to their lowest levels in March. But stocks recovered strongly for the
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Experts say that agriculture provides fourteen percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions each year. The gases released include carbon dioxide, a major cause of global warming. Twenty-one natio
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Lomax is a name well known to historians of American musical culture. Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax fami
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Yemen is the poorest Arab nation. Poverty can help breed extremism -- al-Qaida is a growing concern for the Yemenis. But the government also faces an armed rebellion in the north and a separatist movement i
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. People who stop smoking often replace cigarettes with food. A new study says the weight they gain may increase their diabetes risk in the short term. Type two diabetes is common in people who eat too muc
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study suggests that the brain is even more complex than scientists have recognized A new study of the brain is helping scientists better understand how humans process language. The study is being d
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program we tell all about the very popular American television series Glee. And we play music from the show's many stars. But first we answer a questi
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Charter schools operate with public money but without many of the rules that govern traditional public schools. In the United States the rules for charter schools differ from state to state. But in ge
VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we begin the story of the life of a famous Southern writer, William Faulkner. He wrote about an imaginary place and described changes i
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Food. Water. Medicine. Hope. All that and more is urgently needed after a powerful earthquake wrecked much of Haiti's capital on Tuesday. A Spanish rescuer carries 2-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude from a
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we get to know more about a famous creature known for its pale skin, pointy teeth and big hunger for human blood. Vampires have held an im
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we look at the newest devices demonstrated at the recent International Consumer Electronics Show. The show offered a look at
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water. Their findings could help to engineer plants that grow better and more effectively in conditions with higher levels of carbon diox
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we finish the story of the Lomax family. They were an influential family of musical folklorists. (MUSIC) VOICE
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A Western Diamondback rattlesnake in Cave Creek, Arizona Snakes bite an estimated five and a half million people worldwide each year. Experts say tens of thousands of people die from venom poisoning
VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and work of one of Americas greatest music writers: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: That song
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program We visit New Orleans, Louisiana, to learn about the recovery efforts since Hurricane Katrina And play music from several of the city's many ja
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Barack Obama has begun his second year in office. The forty-fourth president, and first African-American president, was inaugurated last January twentieth. BARACK OBAMA: Today I say to you that th
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