VOA标准英语2011--'The Hangover' Sequel Features Same Crud

'The Hangover' Sequel Features Same Crude Humor but New Location Two years ago, a comedy film about three friends on a spree in Las Vegas became a worldwide hit despite - or perhaps because of - its crude humor. Now they're back together and this tim

VOA标准英语2011--Lawsuit Filed to Stop Antibiotic Use in

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Antibiotic Use in Healthy Livestock American health advocates have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. food regulatory agency to stop a practice they believe is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide.

VOA标准英语2011--Retailers Prepare for Aging Baby Boomers

Retailers Prepare for Aging Baby Boomers The first group of so-called baby boomers, Americans born after World War II, turns 65 this year. Within the next 10 years, the number of Americans over 65 is expected to jump almost 30 percent. That has U.S.

VOA标准英语2011--New York State Approves Same-Sex Marriag

New York State Approves Same-Sex Marriage New York has legalized same sex marriage, making it the sixth U.S state to do so. Gay rights advocates call the vote a major victory in their quest for equality. The New York State Senate approved the legisla

VOA标准英语2011--Amateur Pianists Compete in Van Cliburn

Amateur Pianists Compete in Van Cliburn Contest Two doctors and a retired database programmer took top honors at the 6th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth, Texas. The competition is hosted by the Van C

VOA标准英语2011--bels Defend NATO After Errant Strikes

Libyan Rebels Defend NATO After Errant Strikes Libya's rebel military is defending NATO after airstrikes killed a number of Libyan civilians. The show of support follows Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's condemnation of the alliance as murderers. A reb

VOA标准英语2011--Israel Seeks Freedom for Soldier Held in

Israel Seeks Freedom for Soldier Held in Gaza Since 2006 Israelis are calling for the release of one of their soldiers held captive in Gaza for the past five years. The soldier's freedom has become an urgent public cause in the Jewish state. Israelis

VOA标准英语2011--ontrolled Time Machine Tests Prairie Fut

Climate-Controlled Time Machine Tests Prairie Future Researchers from the University of Oregon have set up a kind of time machine to test how a warmer climate might affect grasslands and prairies around the world. Today, grasslands cover between 25 a

VOA标准英语2011-- of Khmer Rouge Leaders Starts in Cambod

Key Trial of Khmer Rouge Leaders Starts in Cambodia On Monday the United Nations-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh will open its hearing into the four surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge movement. Cambodians have waited three decades for this day

VOA标准英语2011--Madagascar Moves to Protect Precious For

Madagascar Moves to Protect Precious Forests Madagascar's Ministry of Environment is heralding the success of a crackdown on illegal logging, notably in the country's northeast where vast protected areas have been the focus of huge trafficking scanda

VOA标准英语2011--Yemen Unrest Deepens, Downward Spiral Sp

Yemen Unrest Deepens, Downward Spiral Spreads Yemeni government troops in Sana'a are again fighting members of the Hashid tribe, just one of several forces, including militants and anti-government protesters, seeking to oust President Ali Abdullah Sa

VOA标准英语2011--Stevie Nicks Earning Praise for New Solo

Stevie Nicks Earning Praise for New Solo Album 'In Your Dreams' Many critics and fans are calling Stevie Nicks' new album the best of her solo career. The title track of Stevie Nicks' new album, In Your Dreams, is one of seven songs she wrote with th

VOA标准英语2011--Farm Ministers Call for Commodity Market

Farm Ministers Call for Commodity Market Regulation Wild swings Woody Barth has been farming and raising cattle in North Dakota for about 30 years. He says he always looked to the commodity markets for stability. But that's changed in recent years. W

VOA标准英语2011--New TB Vaccine Passes Safety Tests

New TB Vaccine Passes Safety Tests Tuberculosis continues to be a major threat around the world, especially in developing countries. A new vaccine has gone into testing, and the results may change how childhood vaccinations are given. TB kills 1.8 mi

VOA标准英语2011--Ronnie Dunn Makes Solo Debut

Ronnie Dunn Makes Solo Debut After spending the past 20 years performing as half of Brooks Dunn, the Country duo's lead singer Ronnie Dunn is striking out on his own with his debut solo album. Ronnie Dunn recorded three singles in the early 1980s, bu

VOA标准英语2011--Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackd

Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackdown Witnesses say that Syrian security forces moved into the Damascus suburb of Kaswah Saturday, a day after they surrounded the area and swooped down on protesters. A Syrian rights group says at least 20 peopl

VOA标准英语2011--Israel Begins Dismantling Section of Wes

Israel Begins Dismantling Section of West Bank Barrier After a long Palestinian struggle, Israel on Sunday began changing the route of its security fence near a West Bank village. Israel started dismantling a section of its controversial West Bank se

VOA标准英语2011--Cicadas Swarm Wide Portions of US

Cicadas Swarm Wide Portions of US The cicadas are back. Over the past few weeks, across a wide swath of the eastern United States, the notoriously noisy bugs have emerged by the billions from their long, underground adolescence. On a muggy afternoon

VOA标准英语2011--Cattle Plague Declared Eradicated

Cattle Plague Declared Eradicated Scientists are declaring victory over a deadly animal disease that cattle herders around the world have dreaded for millennia. Rinderpest becomes the second disease in all of human history to be successfully eradicat

VOA标准英语2011--Non-Native Weed Threatens Northwest Clam

Non-Native Weed Threatens Northwest Clams The usual story of invasive species goes something like this: an exotic plant or critter hitches a ride on some incoming cargo, alarm bells go off and an eradication campaign starts. But now, Japanese eelgras