A basketball game ended abruptly Saturday afternoon when 18-year-old Damon Miller was fatally shot at a recreation center. The gunman, who called himself Ace, ran south on Oak Street after the shooting and remains at large. Miller was pronounced dead

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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 30 November 2006 In Mexico, a standoff between rival parties continues in the lower house of the congress, which is to be the site of the presidential inauguration on Friday. Some Latin American leaders have canceled trips

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Crowds Enjoy Pitchfork Music Festival Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English! Im Steve Ember. On the show today, we play songs from artists who performed at last weekends Pitchfork Music Festival. We also visit an independent craft brew

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THIS IS AMERICA - Seasonal Music: Songs About Spring BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we play some favorite songs about spring. (MUSIC - A

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Unlikely Pair Find Solace in Traditional Chinese Music A Chinese musical program near Oakland, California's Chinatown has been offering a safe haven for children of working class Chinese American families. It's a place where students can spend free t

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Women Raise Profile in American Folk Music When people think of musicians in the American roots genre, Allison Krauss is one of the few female stars who comes to mind. For the most part, history remembers the men in old-time country, blues and folk m

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经典语境背诵 May:Daniel casually spits the gum around which makes me angry. Only in Beijing, people consume 300,000 pieces of gum every day. If all the people spit out the gum like Daniel does, the city would become a big trash can. The 2008

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Teddy Bears / Celebrating Christmas / Christmas music from Brooks and Dunn By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: December 20, 2002 (THEME) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC --VOA’s radio ma

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - December 6, 2002: Muslims in America / A Question from Nigeria: What Does the 'D.C.' Stand for in Washington, D.C.? / Afro-Rumba-Flamenco-Worldbeat-Jazz-Pop Music by Jesse Cook HOST:

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - October 4, 2002: Ultimate Frisbee / Question About Houston, Texas / Music by Hackberry Ramblers HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC - VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME)

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -June 7, 2002: Who Is Uncle Sam / Digital Movies / Country Music Awards HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is Doug Johnson. On

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -May 17, 2002: 'Spider -Man' the Movie / Music by Jill Scott / New Rules for Foreign Visitors to U.S. Broadcast: May 17, 2002 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazin

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -July 12, 2002: Balloonist Steve Fossett / Songs by Rosemary Clooney / Question About Actor Bruce Lee HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (T

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 February 2006 Placards for various artists sat on chairs they will occupy inside Staples Center during rehearsals Tuesday The top names in the music business will be

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By Steve Mort Miami, Florida 04 July 2007 Sales of Latin music CDs are on the rise in the United States. Industry figures show that while overall demand for compact discs is declining, sales at U.S. stores stocking CDs from Central and South America

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - May 24, 2002: Child poet Mattie Stepanek / Music by Cassandra Wilson / Question About the U.S. Educational System Broadcast: May 24, 2002 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC —.. VOA’

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 19 April 2006 Pastoralists report increasing number of livestock dying due to worsening drought conditions in parts of Somali region Earlier this month, the United Natio

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The lawyer for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic say he will conduct his own defense before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, where he faces charges of genocide and war crimes committed in Bosnia i

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The United States is taking action against three Mexican drug cartels. The news comes as President Barack Obama prepares to travel to Mexico on Thursday for talks with President Felipe Calderon. The drug-related violence plaguing Mexico, particularl

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For Moira Smiley, Global Music Journey Transcends Time To hear VOCO is to be transported across waters, across worlds, across time. What I love about old music, is that there is a sense of your smallness in the big story, Smiley explains, and that yo

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