A bleak forecast for Social Security, the government says today the trust funds that support the program will run dry in 2033. And Medicare's hospital insurance fund is forecast to run out of money even sooner in 2024. President Obama will do tomorro

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President Bush is praising the bipartisan financial rescue plan worked out in negotiations with the administration. He said he knows the vote on the measure will be difficult for lawmakers, but he's confident it will be approved. House Speaker Nancy

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Turkish media reports are now saying at least 41 people are dead and 3 others have been wounded following an attack on a wedding ceremony in southeastern Turkey today. According to reports, assailants with bombs and automatic weapons opened fire on

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You are spot out, this is CNN Student News, thanks to the students in Michigan for getting things started for today, now let's get to the headlines. Thank you for that welcome, and thank you, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New

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James Knox Polk was America's eleventh President. He was born in North Carolina, in 1795. He was the eldest of ten children. His father traded in slaves and was a farmer. Studious and industrious, Polk graduated with honors in 1818 from the Universit

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By Paul Thompson Broadcast: September 8, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: It's easier to find songs for big people than for little people. But the market in children's music is growing. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOIC

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THIS IS AMERICA - Academy Awards By Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Monday, February 23, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to This is America in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Phoeb

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President-elect Barack Obama named the top members of his economic team in a series of announcements this week in Chicago, Illinois. His nominee for secretary of the Treasury is Tim Geithner, preside

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Hillary Clinton is still behind Barack Obama in the delegate count after the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday. But her ten-point victory kept her supporters' hopes alive in the race for the Democratic presid

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47th Grammy Awards 第47届格莱美颁奖典礼 Kanye West: When I had my accident, I found out at that moment nothing in life is promised except death. If you had the opportunity to play this game o

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AS IT IS 2016-04-26 US Candidates Plan to Stop Trump from Winning Nomination 美总统候选人们计划阻止特朗普获得提名 Two U.S. presidential candidates will work together and try to stop Donald Trump from becoming the Republican Partys p

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Campaigning in Fargo, North Dakota today, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said if elected, he still plans to bring troops home from Iraq. However, the presumptive Democratic nominee also said that depending on what he learns from an upc

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. A senior State Department official says Cuba has agreed to open direct talks with the United States on a range of issues including immigration matters and cooperation on anti-drug trafficking efforts.

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A federal appeals court says California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Joshua Johnson of member station KQED reports the ruling finds Proposition 8 serves no other purpose than to discriminate against gay and lesbian couples. The Nin

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The unemployment rate has edged down to 8.1%, but that's not exactly welcome news to economists. It suggests that more people came up to look for work last month, so they were not counted in the tally. And the employers added a lower than expected 11

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Socialist Francois Hollande swept to power in France today. He beat incumbent President Nicola Sarkozy in a run-off presidential election. Hollandes supporters took to the streets in Paris to celebrate. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley says it's like Mardi Gr

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Betsy DeVos, Donald Trumps controversial pick to be US education secretary, was confirmed in the job yesterday only after vice-president Mike Pence stepped in to cast an unprecedented tiebreaking vote in the Senate. 唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)提

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BBC News with Jonathan Izard. The US Senate has confirmed Donald Trumps nominee for education secretary Betsy DeVos by the narrowest possible margin. Vice president Mike Pence had to cast the tie-breaking vote after the chamber was split 50-50. Its t

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Hello from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I'm Mellissa Long and it's Monday, June 29th. Here is a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The man behind a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme is in court today. Bernard Madoff an

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I'm glad you're with us everyone. I am Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Some people in the US are outraged about Iran's presidential election dispute. Take a look at one demonstration n

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