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AS IT IS 2014-11-06 Marijuana Becomes Legal in DC and Oregon Voters in Washington, D.C. and the northwestern state of Oregon have approved measures to make marijuana legal. The victories for lawful use of the drug were among separate initiatives on b

AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Deadly Shootout Between Police, Anti-Federal Group

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VOA慢速英语 Father of Oregon Victim Says Gunman Targeted Christians

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Marijuana Growers Turn to Hemp to Fight Oversupply

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US Presidential Campaigns Seek Support in Swing State of Ore

By Mike O'Sullivan The U.S. presidential campaign is heating up in a number of so-called battleground states, where the election outcome remains too close to call. The northwestern state of Oregon is

VOA慢速英语 2008 1002a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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VOA标准英语2012--Oregon Moves to Zone Ocean

Oregon Moves to Zone Ocean U.S. communities routinely use zoning laws to control where businesses may operate in a neighborhood. Now there's a move to zone the ocean. A number of coastal states and the federal government have fledgling plans to coord

VOA标准英语2012--California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When the Affordable Care Act became law, the state of Oregon embraced it. As a result, some 95 percent of Oregonians now have health insurance, one of the highest rates in the nation. That's due in part to Medicaid expansion. Tod

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been hearing these stories for a while now of black people being challenged and even arrested for doing ordinary things like waiting for a friend at Starbucks. But, over the past couple of weeks, there have been even more e

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Todd: OK. Hey, hello! Tim: Hey, how's it going? Todd: Doing pretty good. Could you introduce yourself please? Tim: Yeah, I'm Tim Peterson. I'm from Oregon in the United States. Todd: Oh, nice. You're from Oregon? Tim: Yeah. Todd: OK, and were you bor

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Jeff: So where are you from? Tim: I'm from Oregon. Jeff: Oregon. Tim: Yeah. It's on the West Coast of America, above California and below Washington. It has the coast. It has the mountains and a lot of different regions really. Jeff: Really, so which

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Jeff: So where are you from? Tim: I'm from Oregon. It's right above California. It's on the West Coast of America. Jeff: So the State of Oregon. Tim: It's on the West Coast between California and Washington. Jeff: So you're neighbor states, say Calif

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Tsunami Waves Reach US West Coast

VOA News March 11, 2011 - The first tsunami(海啸) waves have reached the U.S. West Coast after sweeping past the country's Pacific island state of Hawaii. There have been no immediate reports of casualties in the U.S. Waves of a meter or more hit t