At New York's legislature, a victory for gay marriage supporters. The bill has been signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and its due to take effect in 30 days. Correspondent Kemmie Getts reports not everyone is pleased. The Senate approved the bill 33-29

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Louise Schiavone. Irene continues its northern track, now a tropical storm strength. How they spend the weekend torrent of a path from North Carolina to New England. At least 18 people have reportedly died across 8 sta

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Scathing criticism is building against BP, the latest coming from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. He just wrapped up his fourth trip to BP's offices in Houston to get a progress report on the oil spill cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico. Salazar was not h

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Landmine Report: Record Clearance and Funding The latest report on landmines has both good and bad news. It says governments have provided a record level of funding to remove the weapons. But at the same time the use of antipersonnel mines has increa

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But by the early 1970s a shift was under way. 但到了20世纪70年代初期,人们的想法开始转变。 Computing went from being dismissed as a tool of bureaucratic control to being embraced as a symbol of individual expression and liberation

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1. River watchers say the Mississippi is starting to level out around Memphis and it could crest tonight, just shy of a record. More than 1,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. 2. Pakistan's prime minister is echoing President Barack Obam

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