We are fast approaching the busiest travel day of the year, and it could really be a madhouse of the nation's airports if an Internet-organized boycott of full-body scans takes place. NPR's Carol Van Dam reports some people will refuse to be scanned.

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AS IT IS 2015-07-16 Harper Lees Second Novel Fuels Debate American writer Harper Lees first -- and until now, only -- book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is one of Americas best-loved novels. The 1960 publication explores racism and injustice in the America

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American Ballet Dancer at Bolshoi 在美国芭蕾舞剧院 Many young Americans dream of becoming a dancer for a prestigious ballet school. That dream is now a reality for 15-year- old Harper Ortlieb. Harper Ortlieb left her small town in Oregon to m

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Team USA has had mixed fortunes in athletics at the Beijing Olympics. Traditionally a power, the U.S. team has been struggling to match its success from prior Olympics. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on two American runners who had very different expe

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SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: The lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird is among the most famous and beloved characters in American fiction. In the novel by Harper Lee, who died in 2016, Atticus Finch defends a black man falsely accused of rape in a

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By Benjamin Sand Kabul 14 March 2006 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up a two-day visit to Afghanistan Tuesday. The newly elected Canadian leader told reporters that the foreign troops

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