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The Magic Pebbles Why do we have to learn all of this dumb stuff? Of all the complaints and questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom,this was the one most frequentlyuttered.I would answer it by recounting the followin

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By Melinda Smith Wahington, D.C. 23 August 2006 watch Vaccine report In a perfect world, overweight people could take a pill to stay slim and continue to eat whatever they want. But this is reality and for years health experts have delivered the sam

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Since the food crisis of a few years ago, much attention has been paid to improving agriculture and conserving the land. But land is not the only source of food. The oceans provide food and jobs for millions of people, yet very little is being done t

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By Nancy Steinbach HEALTH REPORT -June 26, 2002: Diabetes Research Update This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American medical researchers say that a new drug has been shown to stop the pro

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 May 2008 A senior U.S. official tells VOA that Washington will seriously consider recommendations from a U.N. Watchdog Group regarding the detention of more than 500 juveniles by the U.S. military in Iraq. The official says

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The mother of the Somali piracy suspect being held for trial in the United States is appealing for mercy for her son. She says he did not know what he was doing when he and three other men boarded a U.S.-flagged ship earlier this month and took the

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For Freed Inmate, Painful Memories of Life on Death Row The execution in Texas of a man alleged to have been mentally disabled has once again brought attention to the issue of capital punishment in the United States. Nearly 1,300 people have been exe

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FAO Warns of Locust Threat in Mali and Niger Heavy rains have fallen over the past three weeks in northern Mali and Niger and thats resulted in growing swarms of Desert locusts. Efforts are underway to contain the insects in a region thats already fo

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Iran says the case of American journalist Roxana Saberi, imprisoned in Tehran for spying, will get a fair review on appeal while international calls for her release are growing on World Press Freedom Day. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society tells the story behind the Eloise children's books. For one, author Kay Thompson was not a fan of children. Thompson died in 1998. The illustrator of the books, Hilary Knight, i

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. foster care system is overwhelmed in part because America's opioid crisis is overwhelming. Thousands of children have had to be taken out of the care of parents or a parent who is an addict. One of the states with the bigg

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Finches Can Learn to Sing Differently Than Their Genetics Dictate In the most recent podcast we discussed how baby bats learn their callsfrom all the other bats in their crowded colonies. And we mentioned in passing that songbirds usually get tutored

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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 September 2007 Efforts to reunite war-divided Ivory Coast have been fraught with difficulty, but some say the Ivorian band Magic System has been able to bring people together in a way politicians have not. The band is mark

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The U.S. state of Florida has 1300 kilometers of beaches, all of which officials fear are at risk from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Our correspondent reports that military and wildlife officials are being deployed across the state, scouring for sign

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By Jim Malone Washington 01 October 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court opens its annual term Monday with a new justice and a new slate of potentially significant cases. US Supreme Court (file photo) The Supreme Court traditionally opens its annual term on

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The United States has defended its policy of detaining juveniles in prisons in Iraq, and Afghanistan. The issue is expected to be high on the agenda Thursday when the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child examines U.S. compliance with U.N. rules

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THIS IS AMERICA - US Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Law, Strikes Down Much of Immigration Law CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we will look at the recent United States Supreme Cour

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The Youngest 2020 Candidate Pushes A Platform Of 'Inter-Generational Justice' STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Do not accuse Pete Buttigieg of thinking small. He is the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Ind. He is 37 years old, and he is running for president. PET

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In the town of Portishead, England, a small bridal shop made a big statement with their window display. SARAH PARKER: We didn't feel we were doing anything that was really outside of the norm. But obviously, it is. GARCIA-N

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