California has become the largest American state to legalize the sale of marijuana. The new law took effect on New Years Day. California voters approved a measure to legalize the drug in November 2016. The law permits adults, 21 years and older, to p

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At least four teenagers have launched campaigns for governor in two American states. The young people have declared their candidacy in states that do not have age requirements to serve as governor. Ethan Randleas is a 17-year-old from Wichita, Kansas

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AS IT IS 2016-07-24 Islamic State Is Said to Be Shrinking in Cyberspace The top American diplomat working to lessen the effect of terrorist messages says the Islamic States recruiting efforts on the Internet have been slowed. Richard Stengel, the Und

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THIS IS AMERICA - Songs About American States By Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Monday, September 13, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Almost every state in America has an official song. However, songwriters have

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THIS IS AMERICA - Travels Through Seven States By Broadcast: Monday, June 28, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty

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The Gem State, the Land of Lincoln and the Crossroads of America... Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them. Idaho is known as the Gem Sta

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Victories Noted in Fight Against Islamic State Group Iraqi and Kurdish forces supported by United States airstrikes have regained territories controlled by Islamic State militants in the past month. The U.S. military believes the loss of leadership i

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State Fairs: A Deep-Fried Taste of the U.S. State fairs are one of the great U.S. summertime traditions. Just ask Don Greiman. He has been going to the Iowa State Fair since just after he was born 89 years ago. Greiman said state fairs started in the

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AS IT IS 2015-11-14 Iraqi Kurd Chief Says Sinjar Taken from Islamic State Kurdish fighters supported by American airstrikes have recaptured the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants. Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani made t

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Todd: OK. Hey, hello! Tim: Hey, how's it going? Todd: Doing pretty good. Could you introduce yourself please? Tim: Yeah, I'm Tim Peterson. I'm from Oregon in the United States. Todd: Oh, nice. You're from Oregon. Tim: Yeah. Todd: OK, and were you bor

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Todd: OK. Hey, hello! Tim: Hey, how's it going? Todd: Doing pretty good. Could you introduce yourself please? Tim: Yeah, I'm Tim Peterson. I'm from Oregon in the United States. Todd: Oh, nice. You're from Oregon? Tim: Yeah. Todd: OK, and were you bor

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- One week after taking office, California Governor Jerry Brown announced a balanced state budget on Monday which slashes state spending by 12.5 billion U.S. dollars. The budget also includes an eight to 10 percent cut

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Finland for a 3-day state visit. Tuesday's arrival saw a grand welcome for President Xi, with the country's airforce escorting his plane as it entered Finnish airspace. Xi will be hosted by his Finnish coun

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Hillary Clinton on Friday formally stepped down as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State, ending her four- year tenure as the country's chief diplomat. Thank you, Clinton said in her farewell remarks at the lobby of the Stat

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Obama presses Netanyahu over two-state plan 奥巴马在两国计划中强迫内塔尼亚胡 US President Barack Obama has urged visiting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Palestinian state. After their first talks since both took office, Mr Obama restated

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Obama 'confident' on two-state solution 奥巴马对两国问题充满自信 Mr Obama said he was a strong believer in the two-state solution US President Barack Obama says he is confident that Israel will recognise that a two-state solution is in the best inte

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BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong on Thursday met with a U.S. artist delegation, vowing to promote bilateral cultural and art exchanges. Headed by President and Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Society Vishakha Desai

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NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a state of public health emergency for all of New York State, in response to this year's increasingly severe flu season. As of Saturday, a total of 19,128 cases of influenza hav

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Clinton still plans to leave State Department WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. government official reiterated on Wednesday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still planned to step down from her current job of U.S. chief diplomat. I don't th

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President Barack Obama met with a group of state governors from his Democratic Party on Friday, to discuss ways to boost the U.S. economy and deal with state budget crises(危机). The governors said they did not talk about the ongoing budget furor i

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