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Banks Recover, But the Economy Struggles in 2009The stock market recovered. And banks repaid billions of dollars in government rescue money. But the housing
                 
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New Treatment for Sleeping SicknessThe new treatment is more effective, less costly and has fewer side effects. Transcript of radio broadcast:03 Januar
                 
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2009: Best Year for Movies in US HistoryAlso: Hear about the year’s best books. And listen to songs from hot artists we missed earlier in the year but who
                 
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Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for Los AngelesFrom the Big Apple to the Big Orange. Transcript of radio broadcast:02 January 2010Now the VOA Spe
                 
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White Sands National Monument: A Wonder of NatureWe explore an extreme desert environment in the American Southwest. Transcript of radio broadcast:03 J
                 
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The Economy Was Top News Story of 2009The yearly AP top ten list includes President Obama’s inauguration and health care reform. Transcript of radio broadc
                 
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A Rolling History of Americans on the MoveShips, trains, cars, planes -- a look at how transportation systems have helped keep a nation going. Transcript of
                 
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How Earth Is Cracked Like a Giant EggshellAn explanation of plate tectonics, the process that causes earthquakes. Transcript of radio broadcast:11 Janu
                 
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How Culture Affected Shakespeare, and He Affected Culture12 January 2010VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klei
                 
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New Alliance to Study Greenhouse Gases in AgricultureTwenty-one nations will examine farming activities that might add to global warming. Transcript of radio
                 
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There Is a Lot More to Snow Than Just Six SidesSnow can make life difficult for humans. But it helps protect plants during winter. And it provides much of th
                 
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Words and Their Stories: A Chip on Your ShoulderWhat it means when people are said to have a chip on their shoulderr. Transcript of radio broadcast:17
                 
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Giving Grasslands a RestHow rotational grazing works. Transcript of radio broadcast:19 January 2010This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Repor
                 
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How Loneliness Can Infect Social NetworksA study demonstrates how lonely people can affect others around them. Earlier findings showed that happiness, obesit
                 
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Study Adds to Understanding of Language and the Brain''Here's an example of one relatively small part of the brain that's doing three very different thin