Grammar Girl here. Today I'm announcing the top five Grammar Girl pet peeves of 2008. About a month ago, I asked Grammar Girl listeners to submit their pet peeves for consideration for the peeves of 2008 list, and boy, do you have a lot of peeves! Wh...
Alabama Airlines has notified its pilots to stop topping off their fuel tanks. Alarmed, pilot Buck Rogers sent a copy of the memo to Time Magazine, which investigated the matter. It discovered that AA was reacting to a 50-percent increase in fuel pri...
He and his brother slept in a bunk bed. He had the bottom bunk. His brother had the top bunk. The top bunk had a guard rail. The rail kept the sleeper safe. His brother didnt like the rail. He always left it down. One time his brother fell out of the...
Top of The World - 美国乡村音乐 Such a feelings coming over me这种感情萦绕着我 There is wonder in most everything I see在很多事上我都存在疑问 Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes没有云的天空,阳光照射在我的眼中 And I wont be surprised if i...
A senior government official says Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders had planned to dine at Islamabad's Marriot Hotel when a suicide car bombing struck it, killing 53 people. While an investigation is under way into the country's deadliest...
As U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Tuesday, the top U.S. and NATO commander there said he needs well over 10,000 more troops, in addition to several thousand President Bush announced last week. The commander, Army General David...
A new Associated Press poll gives Democrat Barack Obama a six-point lead over Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race. But, a leading pollster tells VOA he expects a close race for the White House in November. VOA National correspondent...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 21 April 2008 President Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from New Orleans, i...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 13 February 2008 Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerilla group is accusing Israel in the car bomb explosion in Damascus, overnight, that killed Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh- wanted in dozens of terror attacks Lebanon...
By Paul Sisco Washington 17 December 2007 2007 was a year notable for further evidence about global warming, terrestrial and extraterrestrial discovery and scientific breakthroughs. VOA's Paul Sisco takes a look back at some of the top science storie...