NPR 2011-05-31

The National Mall is hosting dozens of rememberences and veterans' reunions this Memorial Day as the nation hornors its fallen. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports. Joseph Scholle was a marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He comes twice a year to Washington

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-08-28

United Nations investigators are expected to return tomorrow to the outskirts of Damascus, site of last week's alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria. They went to the area yesterday to collect samples, but the Arab League is joining Western leader

NPR 2010-01-27

From NPR News in Washington, Im Giles Snyder. The uncertainty surrounding the fate of General Motor's Saab brand is over. GM says the Dutch carmaker Spyker is buying Saab. Details of the deal are unclear, but the purchase price is reported to be $400

美国国家公共电台 NPR North Dakota Prison Officials Think Outside The Box To Revamp Solitary Confinement

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are slightly more than 2 million people who are incarcerated in the U.S. That is nearly equal to the entire population of the city of Houston. Among those prisoners, thousands serve time in solitary confinement, isolated in

NPR边听边练237:美国消费者对经济信心增加

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2007-12-08, Secret History of the Credit Card (1)

Tonight on Frontline. The average American family has eight (0% for life on transfer balances. ) credit cards. Plastic money have become both a necessity and a ticket to a better life. (Hawaii, yeah! ) A credit card is an extraordinary, unbelievably

NPR 2011-02-02

Under nightfall, demonstrations show no signs of abating in Egypt. In the largest demonstration yet since the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak started over a week ago, hundreds of thousands of people have flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square. They w

Pipeline Protesters Cheer In North Dakota

Pipeline Protesters Cheer In North Dakota This is Whats Trending Today. The United States Army Corps of Engineers has denied a permit that would be needed to complete a major oil pipeline under the Missouri River. The announcement on Sunday ended a t

AS IT IS 2016-02-21 South Dakota Governor To Consider 'Bathroom' Bill

AS IT IS 2016-02-21 South Dakota Governor To Consider 'Bathroom' Bill The South Dakota Senate passed a bill this week that orders people in public schools to use restrooms that align with their gender at birth. Lawmakers in the midwestern American st

2007年VOA标准英语-Former US Nuclear Missile Site Open to Public

By Greg Flakus Cactus Flat, South Dakota 21 June 2007 During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union targeted each other with thousands of missiles armed with nuclear warheads. Both countries took measures to prevent human or mechanical

VOA标准英语2012--South Dakota Retains Unique Vintage Charm

South Dakota Retains Unique Vintage Charm If youre into time travel, time warps, time capsules, that sort of thing, you should take a trip to the high-plains state of South Dakota. Youll feel like youre back in the 1940s. That was long before high-sp

VOA标准英语2010年-Lakota Get Classical in Unique Musical

It's not unusual to find musicians from different genres - or from different cultures - collaborating. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti belted out the blues with Eric Clapton and South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo recorded an album with folk legend P

2006年VOA标准英语-South Dakota a Battleground in Abortion Debate

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 October 2006 A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, but the issue remains divisive. The latest battleground is the state of South Dakota, where voters will decide in November wheth

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Provider Is Hundreds Of Miles Away

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: While abortion is legal in the United States, for some, it is not very accessible. A new study finds that many women face legal barriers and long distances to get the procedure. NPR's Sarah McCammon reports. SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLIN

美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court Ruling Means Some Online Purchases Will Cost More

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Online sales are about to start costing more. The Supreme Court ruled today that states can force retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on out-of-state purchases. The 5-to-4 decision reverses decades-old decisions. Those

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Outcry, Sculpture Depicting Dakota Tragedy To Be Dismantled, Burned

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Tomorrow, a sculpture that was recently installed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden will be dismantled. Later on, it will be burned in a ceremony. This was not the original intention of the artist. As Minnesota Public Radio's E

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Dakota Winters,' Finding A New Story To Tell About John Lennon

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Dakota Winters isn't a novel set on frozen prairies but in the rarified precincts of maybe the most famous apartment house in New York, the Dakota on the Upper West Side, the place in which luminaries lived and, perhaps the mos

VOA标准英语2008年-Voting Underway in Final US Primary Contests

By Michael Bowman Washington 03 June 2008 America's presidential primary season ends Tuesday with contests in Montana and South Dakota. But, as we hear from VOA's Michael Bowman, events in Washington will likely determine whether Democrats will have

VOA标准英语2010年-Living Off the Land, Naturally

Experimental prairie farm designed to prove farmers can make a living off native grasses Johanna Sailor | Brookings, South Dakota 12 February 2010 Photo: Courtesy EcoSun Prairie Farm EcoSun Prairie Farm is intended to be a working model of agricultur

2007年VOA标准英语-Bluegrass Echoes Through Black Hills

By Jim Kent Rapid City, South Dakota 17 July 2007 Country music enthusiasts from across the Northern Plains gathered in Rapid City, South Dakota in June for the 27th annual Black Hills Bluegrass Festival. A key feature of the three-day music event we