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A: I am very nervous about signing my escrow papers. B: Escrow involves a lot of paperwork, but I will explain all of the steps to you as we go along. A: What should I have brought with me? B: The only thing I will need to see is your drivers license
U.S. Teens Dropping Facebook for YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat A new study has found that the number of American teenagers using Facebook is dropping. Many turn instead to YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat. The study by the U.S.-based Pew Research Ce
THIS IS AMERICA - Baseball Season Opens as Congress Investigates Steroid Use By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, April 11, 2005 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm F
By Caty Weaver IN THE NEWS -January 19, 2002: Ford Motor Co. Re-organizes; Big Loss in 2001 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Last week, the second-largest America
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Global Fund and Big Business Partner against AIDS As donor countries tighten budgets to reduce debt, organizations like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria are feeling the effects. The fund announced last November it would not make any new
Defense Secretary Robert Gates (l) accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing at the Pentagon, 29 Jul 2010 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says he has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, to assis
Kasey Chambers' 'Little Bird' Takes Flight Kasey Chambers was just 11 years old when she began her career as a member of The Dead Ringer Band, a group led by her parents. In 1999, at the age of 23, Kasey released her first solo album to considerable
Philadelphia Strives For Digital Equality The United Nations recently declared Internet access to be a human right. But in the United States, as in many other countries, millions of people do not have access to the wealth of information found online.
Secret Life of Egyptian Pigs A city of 18 million people produces a lot of trash. Much of Cairo's ends up in a Coptic Christian enclave called Garbage City, where people recycle just about everything. Lately, they are getting help from a secret sourc
It's a brutal, month-long migration, up to 5 miles, an ultra-marathon for a crab. The cruel sun makes its appearance, threatening them with dehydration. And they face a gauntlet of roads, crisscrossing the island. They stop only to nourish themselves
Apprentice killers wait for their taste of the chase. But they're about to learn that hell has no fury like a zebra protecting her foal. Older cheetahs know the value of patience. Soon, the herd will move on. Hungry eyes turn to one of the last-born
They're born to move, to move or die, forging ahead against terrifying odds, navigating the first of millions of miles, spanning continents on fledgling wings, clattering ever onwards. Right now, our planet is on the march, on the wing, on the run, a
Many will drown in their frenzy to launch their eggs seaward. Most years, only a handful of their offspring survive. But sometimes, if wind and sea and luck are with them, a tidal wave of tiny crablings will return to these shores. There is no way to
The merciless yellow crazy ants take a terrible toll. But by sheer force of numbers and the inexorable will of their genes, they prevail. That is the fierce logic of migrations. But what is logical for the many can be madness for the few. At the Mara
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 19 July 2006 watch Roller Coaster report The latest roller coasters at U.S. amusement parks are now higher and faster than ever -- and more are being built. It's a boom for thrill seekers, but are these rides safe? -----
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 12 June 2007 The United Nations says Indonesia must take concrete steps to protect human rights defenders and counter what it says is the culture of impunity often enjoyed by the authorities. But, as VOA's Nancy-Amelia
Expatriates in China will join the country's sixth national census starting November 1st and answer eight questions on their basic information, which will not include income and religious affiliation. Besides, the some 6 million trained census takers
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Todd: Now, Mike, you lived in New York City. That's really, really cool. I think New York's a fantastic city. I've never lived there, but I visited New York many times. What was it like living in New York City? Mike: Uh, like you said, there's a lot