By Tang Ximing and Rebecca Lombardi Wasington 19 September 2007 Aspiring journalist Jessica Shyu was on her way to achieving her life's dream. But a chance to teach far from her Washington, D.C. home convinced her to give up city life for the sprawli...
By Katherine Cole Washington 18 September 2007 Singer and songwriter Kelly Willis has four children under the age of seven. That explains why it's been five years between albums for the Austin, Texas-based performer. Was it worth the wait? VOA's Ka...
By Deborah Tate Washington 06 September 2007 A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, says the Department of Homeland Security has failed to meet half its performance expectations since it was establis...
By Yi Suli Alachua, Florida 28 August 2007 The state of Florida is a popular retirement location for many Americans. Its warm temperatures and sunny skies make it the ideal climate for many to live out their golden years. It is also an ideal environm...
By Rohit Kulkarni Washington, D.C. 23 July 2007 Flying into space is an adventure only a select few will ever experience. But the U.S. space agency, NASA, is now offering visitors to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida the excitement of spaceflight w...
Alex Chadwick: From NPR News, it is Day to Day. The wonders of modern medicine often do cost us a little something in personal dignity. Think of this word, colonoscopy , if you haven't had the occasion to sample the procedure yet, you will know what...
By Melinda Smith Washington 10 July 2007 A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that older people who carry certain genes are more susceptible to a loss of their central vision. That loss of sight is an advanced form...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 July 2007 Israeli and Syrian flags, hung by left-wing Israeli activists from the Peace Now organization, are seen at the entrance to Jerusalem 10 Jul 2007 Israel is offering an olive branch to Syria. But as Robert Berger...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 Lebanon is set to reap millions of dollars in aid Thursday, when representatives from some 35 Western and Middle Eastern countries meet for a donors' conference in Paris. From the French capital, Lisa Bryant has m...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 08 June 2006 Reza Pahlavi The exiled son of Iran's late shah has sharply criticized diplomatic negotiations by the West to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear program. Reza Pah...