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The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, on Wednesday cut short-term interest rates in an effort to boost the slowing economy. VOA's Barry Wood reports it was the eighth cut in the overnight federal funds rate in the past year. United States Fede

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-04-19

President Obama today urged Senate Republicans to stop stalling and confirm his nominee for attorney general. NPRs Scott Horsley calls the long delay in confirming Loretta Lynch example of Senate dysfunction thats gone too far. The White House compla

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Almost all of my male classmates work in professional settings. 我的那些男同学都在职场上大显身手， Some of my female classmates work full-time or part-time outside the home, 女同学里有全职工作的、也有兼职工作的， a

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Evolution continues today, and sometimes we can watch it happening. Researchers in the November 6th edition of the journal Science say that they caught in the act a population of butterflies in Ecuador potentially diverging into two distinct species.

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 May 2008 The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they say last year's increase was not

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I stood up and could clearly observe the Canadian's adversary. This dugong--which also boasts the name halicore--closely resembled a manatee. 我站起来，很清楚地看见加拿大人的对手。这海马又名为儒良，很像海牛。 Its oblo

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First off, I'll mention that at the bottom of the sea there exist veins of zinc, iron, silver, and gold whose mining would quite certainly be feasible. 首先，我对您说，海底有锌、铁、银、金等矿藏，开发并不是不可能的事。