Urban Legends 都市传奇 A : Have you read all these crazy things that are going on around the world? 你读了所有遍布全世界疯狂的事了吗? B : What do you mean? 你是什么意思? A : I was reading about how some people get tricke

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Community Gardens Thrive in Urban Jungle Friday, April 22, is Earth Day, a time set aside to appreciate nature and to dedicate ourselves to protecting and sustaining it. New York City, a place many think of as an urban jungle, is home to more than 50

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Last week, tens of thousands of gallons of sewage gushed into urban streams in Baltimore, because of leaky pipes and flooding rains. And when that happens, it's not just organic matter and microbes that get flushed into aquatic habitats. It's drug re

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图片1 In this episode we are talking about interesting, funny, and strange beliefs in North American culture. Robin and Maura share a couple scary stories that they have known since they were kids. They also review popular old wives tales like, An

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By Patricia Nunan Bombay 06 March 2006 The world's population is booming - no more so than in its cities. Within the next 10 years, there will be at least 22

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Cop Car - Keith Urban . We drove right past that No trespassing sign We sat on the tailgate and watch the planes take off We thought we had all night, there was no need to rush That's when those cops came pulling up And I thought, Man ain't this some

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By David McAlary Washington 22 February 2007 As populations and cities grow, our once pristine view of the stars is being whitewashed by urban glow. Astronomers, whose view of the heavens is being dimmed, are complaining, but biologists are also decr

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 March 2007 Water shortages are intensifying across India as its economy booms and its population grows. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports, experts are calling for better water management practices in the country.

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The practice of blackface is as old as entertainment itself white - actors putting black makeup on their faces and acting like buffoons. British broadcaster Sky TV has been accused of a kind of blackface by hiring a white actor t

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Heat Waves Make Cities Swelter Synergistically 热浪期的协同作用导致城市酷热 No wonder its gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight. Cities can be anywhere from two to 20 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than nearby countryside, due to whats

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