Today is Tuesday, January, 22nd, 2013. Another day of guns in the headlines. A lot of people think that when you go to a gun show, all you're going to see is mouth breathing, camo-wearing, red-necked, fat, old, white guys driving pickup trucks and th

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He was in Miami. He was an oil executive. He was at a bar with some friends. It was about 1 a.m. He walked out of the bar. He didn't say good night to his friends. He didn't say anything to anyone. He just walked out of the bar. The videotape from a

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Fans hold pictures of Michael Jackson near the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles Thursday Fans around the world are remembering the man who called himself the King of Pop. Michael Jackson died Thu

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The federal government will unveil its overhaul of the aged care system today.Wealthier Australians will be required to contribute more to the cost of their care but they will be given more flexibility with how they pay.There will also be a more mone

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1. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are back on the campaign trail after last night's final presidential debate. Obama is telling voters in Florida that he's more trustworthy than Mitt Romney who shifted positions on several key issues. Meanwhi

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1. President Obama is condemning the violence in Ukraine, warning that country there will be consequences if it continues. His warning comes as Ukraines embattled president says he and leaders of the countrys protests have called for a truce. 2. Auth

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The US military's commander in Afghanistan says the campaign remains on track. General John Allen's comments after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey paid a visit to the war-torn country to address the rising number of a

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Thousands of people showed up at a Missouri church to rally in support of Michael Browns family. Hes the teen shot to dead by a police officer eight days ago, spurring nightly protests in the small city of 21,000. NORs Eliza H reports from St. Louis.

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Imagine that a partly decomposed body is found lying in the woods. Was the person murdered and how long could he have been dead? To find out, investigators come here, a place known as the Body Farm. This 2-acre compound at the University of Tennessee

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King Tut's Tough Life New analysis of the mummy of King Tut, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the boy king had severe bone disease and malaria. Christopher Intagliata reports The Journal of the American Medical

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Designer Kate Spade Found Dead From Apparent Suicide American fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday in her New York City home. Police said the cause of death appears to be suicide by hanging. Spade was 55. Police said a housekeeper disco

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 24 January 2008 Friends and admirers of Heath Ledger are mourning his loss and recalling his achievements in a film career cut short by his death Tuesday at age 28. Mike O'Sullivan looks back on his transition from teen

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1. A Florida sinkhole that swallowed a man is growing deeper. Crews are testing the earth around Jeff Bush's home and two of his neighbors. But they say the ground is so unstable they have been unable to search for Bush's body. 2. In Russia, thousand

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1. Attorney general Eric Holder has asked the Justice Department to arrange for a federal medical examiner to autopsy the body of Michael Brown, given what Holder says are the extraordinary circumstances of the case. Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old Afr

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U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Gets Second Term娜塔莎崔德威连任美国桂冠诗人 Hello again, and welcome back for more As It Is. Im June Simms with VOA Learning English. Today, we hear about Natasha Tretheways appointment to a second

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1.President-elect Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders to talk about the economy today. But we are now told the broad economic stimulus package Obama is pushing for won't be ready for a signature the day he takes office. Republicans say the

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1.Officials believe five-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan may have been buried alive. Her body was found buried near Michigan River. Autopsy results indicate she suffocated after inhaling soil but did not determine an exact cause of death. 2.A passenger pla

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Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es

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Authorities have confirmed that two passengers traveling on stolen passports on a missing Malaysian Airlines plane were not of Asian appearance. Malaysia has now expanded the search area for the missing aircraft. A massive air-and-sea search has fail

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