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I was feeling blithe, almost jocund. I put a match to my cigar, and just then the morning's mailwas handed in. The first superscription I glanced at was in a handwriting that sent a thrill ofpleasure through and through me. It was aunt Mary's; and sh
Senators are expected to hand President Obama a major victory with final passage of fast track authority to negociate trade deals. Senate approval would boost his hopes for a 12-nation Pacific rim trade agreement. Much of the Northeast is cleaning up
The Bush administration today announced a more than 17-billion-dollar rescue plan for troubled Detroit automakers Chrysler and GM. NPR's Chris Arnold reports. President Bush said that under ordinary circumstances he would have let the automakers fai
President Obama is expected to call for hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax cuts and government spending tonight in an effort to boost the creation of jobs and bring down the nation's high unemployment rate. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the pre
Now the battle over new gun control laws here at home, tomorrow NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre is going to testify from the Senate Judiciary Committee, now tonight, we're learning he plans to attack the proposals for a new ban on semiaut
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1. The first tough gun control legislation since the New Town, Connecticut school shooting is about to pass in New York. The state Senate has easily passed the legislation and the assembly will follow suit Tuesday. 2. A person familiar with the situa
Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 1 词汇典故:美国各州别名 1 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 A nickname is a shortened form of a person's nam
For NPR news in Washington. Im L W. Violence erupted at Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba today. Military officials say guards were moving some inmates from the communal section into the solitary cells when the inmates resisted using improvised weap
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the change in public attitudes and state laws when it comes to gun rights and restrictions.Its long been one of the most divisive issues in America. And now several families who lost loved ones in Newtown Connecticut are suing th
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Once they reach a certain age, lots of women find motherhood exhausting, but not Brooklyn-based Nina Keneally. The 63-year-old still has lots of mothering skills that shes actually more than happy to rent out through a unique service called NeedAMom.
Todd: Hello! Heidi: Hi! Todd: Hi! What is your name? Heidi: My name is Heidi? Todd: Heidi! Where are you from? Heidi: I'm from the U.S. Todd: OK. Where are you from in the U.S? Heidi: From Connecticut. Todd: OK. Ah..tell us about Connecticut. Heidi:
Todd: Hello! Heidi: Hi! Todd: Hi! What is your name? Heidi: My name is Heidi? Todd: Heidi! Where are you from? Heidi: I'm from the U.S. Todd: OK. Where are you from in the U.S? Heidi: From Connecticut. Todd: OK. Ah..tell us about Connecticut. Heidi:
WHITE HOUSE A gun violence task force, created by President Barack Obama and headed by Vice President Joe Biden, held its first meeting Thursday to begin to seek solutions to gun violence in the wake of the massacre of children and adults at an eleme
BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday sent a message of condolences to U.S. President Barak Obama following the shooting incident at an elementary school in Newtown in the U.S. state of Connecticut on Friday. Hu express