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I'm gonna move on to the new Barbie doll, we first told you about last week. Her pink hair, leopard skin leggings, and those tattoos you see even on her back. Parents up in arms. And Andrew Kantin is here with more on the controversy. Thank you, all

VOA标准英语2012--Chinese Symbols Prove Popular in US汉字在美国大受欢迎

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From the moment Spaniards -- or was it Vikings? -- first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians (because they thought they had landed in India), the land now known as America has been a multicultural place. And of

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Imagine having a tattoo that vibrates every time you receive an SMS or another mobile phone alert. It might sound like something out of a sci-fi film, but Nokia think the idea has a nice ring to it. The Finnish company has filed a patent for the idea

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