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Small Businesses in New Jersey Town Adapt to Survive Many small businesses in the United States are struggling these days because of the economic downturn, changes in technology, and competition from large national chains. In the small town of Teanec
Frank Deford: It is well-known that hunting is one of our most popular participant sports. So what species of animal do you think hunters are looking for these days? The answer is, human-beings. No, hunters are not actually trying to bag homo sapien
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Something many people don't know about Marc Chagall - most know the late artist for modernist paintings. But he was less known for designing costumes and sets for ballets and for an opera, which are now featured in an exhibition
Decades After His Death, Max Beckmann Returns To New York play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:40repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
The Frick Collection (5th Avenue and E.70th Street) Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house, furniture and art collection to the Ameri
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 13 May 2006 In February of 2009 all television stations in the United States are required to convert to digital transmission. This move will bring an end to traditional an
By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 Officials in Minneapolis are preparing for more sad news as recovery efforts go forward on the Mississippi River, where a major bridge collapsed Wednesday. There are only four confirmed deaths from the incident,
By Yi Suli Boston, Massachusetts 21 November 2006 watch Boston Harbor Islands Boston Harbor Boston Harbor, in the northeastern state of Massachusetts, is one of the busiest seaports on the east coast of the U.S. Dotting the harbor are a number of is
By Kathie Scarrah Washington, DC 25 January 2006 watch New Orleans report Before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana city of New Orleans last August, 60 percent of the city's nearly half a mi
India, which has suffered a series of urban bombings in recent years, is grappling with the aftermath of the first such attacks in Bangalore. The southern city is one of the world's hubs of information technology and has been spared the type of viol
India's high-tech city of Bangalore was rocked by seven low-intensity explosions on Friday afternoon. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that one woman died and several other people were injured in the first such attack on the sou
By Chris Simkins Washington 21 May 2008 Gun violence is on the rise in Washington. Since the first of the year, dozens of people have been murdered and wounded in a rash of shootings. With a population of over half a million people, the nation's cap
Teenager's Music Star Dreams Come True in 'Sparkle' It's Detroit in 1968 and Motown is winning fans around the world. A teenager nicknamed Sparkle aches for her songs to be part of that, and she convinces her sisters to join her in a local club's tal
Opera Diva Entrances Audiences with Musical Variety In the United States, where sales show country music is the most popular music genre, closely followed by pop and hip-hop, opera superstar Renee Fleming has managed to become well known outside the
Scholarship Helps Tiny US Town Fight for Survival The tiny timber town of Sparkman, Arkansas, has lost more than half its population since 1950. If the current trend continues, the 500-resident community might disappear altogether. Anxious to avoid t
By Kent Klein White House 21 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks at Metropolitan Archives facility, in Landover, Maryland, 21 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is announcing plans to make more credit available to America's small businesses
In about four or five billion years, it will grow into a much bigger star, a star called a red giant. And that outer atmosphere of gases will be held so loosely by the sun at that time that the gases will be blown away gently in what I call a cosmic
By Jim Fry Washington 18 April 2008 Pennsylvania, with more than 12 million residents, is next to vote on which candidate the Democratic Party should nominate for U.S. president. With its combination of rural communities, small cities and large metro
By Carolyn Turner Washington 05 March 2008 The Dallas Museum of Art in Texas is currently hosting a retrospective of the career of J. M. W. Turner, considered by many one of the greatest landscape painters in the history of art. The exhibit will trav
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 08 August 2006 watch Katrina Health Issues Many victims still need medical care for their hurricane injuries and illnesses Health care for the poor and uninsured along the U.S. Gulf Coast is still suffering nearly a y