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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. By eighteen sixty-three, America's northern states and southern states had been fighting a bitter civil war for two years. Both sides felt the pressure of the costly strug
This is AP news minute. Federal officials still are not sure why pilots overshot the many airport by one hundred fifty miles Wednesday night. The pilots say they were involved in a heated discussion. But there is still a speculation they fell asleep
1.The Coast Guard tells federal officials it has spotted debris that could be from a Coast Guard plane that crashed into a Marine helicopter. Cash happened off the coast of San Diego. A search and rescue mission is under way for nine people believed
1.After months of negotiations House Democrats are finally ready to unveil a health care bill. House speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning a formal announcement tomorrow morning with the measure reaching the House floor next week. 2.The Taliba
Hello to you on this Tuesday, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening Now In The News. The oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says he is not interested in succeeding his father, speaking to a Japanes
1. Police have identified the child's body found in a Georgia landfill as a missing 7-year-old Florida girl. Authorities used a birthmark on Somer Thompson's leg to tentatively ID her. She went missing Monday on her way home from school. 2. Defense
1.The White House is welcoming the announcement from Afghanistans president that he has agreed to a run-off election next month. Investigators declared the elections to be riddled with fraud. 2.The timetable still calls for all US combat troops to b
1. A Colorado sheriff says he's pursuing criminal charges in the case of a six-year-old boy who hided home as millions thought he was floating over Colorado in the helium balloon. The boy's parents met with investigators Saturday. The sheriff hasnt
1. Don't get rid of your snuggy, but the government releases its winter heating forecast this morning and it's good news for consumers. Natural gas supplies are at record levels, making some new facilities which back their heating costs to drop betw
1.A home-made balloon lands on a Carolina field with no sign of a six-year-old boy believed to be inside. It was tethered to a family's home when a young boy was seen going into a compartment in the balloon. The silvery craft then went airborne for
1.Colorado officials want to talk to an associate of Richard Heene, the balloon dad accused of plotting last week's alleged hoax with his wife. Heene's former associate claimed he discussed a similar publicity stun months ago with a man who was tryi
VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about hip-hop music with a message. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Hip-hop music started in the South Bronx area of New York City in the early n
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The use of scientific knowledge in legal cases is called forensics, from the Latin term for a public forum. The public may get the idea from TV that forensic science can solve almost any mystery. Yet the m
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week's meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the third Group of 20 summit in less than a year. Leaders of the major developed and developing economies discussed ways to fix the world financia
By Tom Rivers London 05 October 2009 Three U.S.-based scientists have won the 2009 Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery into how chromosomes are copied and protected. The work casts important light on cancer and the aging process. . Elizabet
1.An improtant health care vote is set for today in the center Finance Committee.The 829-billion-package is expected to pass since democrats hold the 13-10 majority in the committee.Today's vote comes one day after an Issurance-funded study found th
1. Polls indicate President Obamas numbers are starting to rise again. 56% of people polled in a new AP-GfK survey say they approve the president's job performance. That's up from 50% last month and the first time since Obama took office that his ra
By Scott Bobb Harare 16 October 2009 Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai during a press conference in Harare, 16 Oct 2009 Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says his Movement for Democratic Change is disengaging from the ZANU-PF par
By Alisha Ryu Near Galkayo, Somalia 06 October 2009 The United Nations is warning that years of drought and conflict are pushing many regions of Somalia toward a new cycle of hunger, devastation, and human suffering. Worse than ever Rotting carcass
By Tom Rivers London 08 October 2009 To a hushed throng of reporters, Peter Englund, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy made the announcement. Romanian-born German writer, author Herta Mueller has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature (