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Welcome to NewsforYouOnline.com. This interactive site uses real news articles to help you learn to read, write, speak, and understand English. Seven new stories are posted each Wednesday, along with audio, exercises, vocabulary, a crossword puzzle, and a poll. Listen to each article in full, or sentence-by-sentence. Click on any story to get started or to hear and see a sample. You will need a subscription and a password to enjoy all of the features on the site.
May 16, 2012
National
It has been more than 10 years since a terror attack brought down New York City’s twin towers. Now, the tower that will replace them is going up––and up.
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People
The Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor in the U.S. It will go to 13 people this year. It will go to song and book writers. It will go to explorers and doctors. It will go to those who help us be our best.
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Technology
The machine might be the world’s most annoying alarm clock. But it does its job.
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World
Climate change experts say that water levels will rise in the future. Humans can either try to hold back the rising water or learn to live with it. Now, some architects are searching for ways to "go with the flow."
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Science
The meat-eating dinosaur known as Tyrannosaurus rex was terrifying. The huge creature had a killer jaw and sharp claws. That’s how most people picture T. rex. But a new discovery might change that image.
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National
The Muzzle awards aren’t really honors. They are given to people or groups that muzzle, or silence, free speech.
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Entertainment
A new trend is sweeping Sweden: lunchtime disco. An event called Lunch Beat is drawing Swedes onto the dance floor during the weekday lunch hour.
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Many Reasons for Drop in Illegal Immigrants from Mexico
Mining the Sky Could Be Risky But Carry Rewards
Making a Change: Canada to Toss the Penny
London Plans Carefully for 2012 Olympics
Rhino Killings Soar for "Healing" Horn
Buyers Bid on One-Man Town
Dogs and Owners Have a Ball in the Dog Scouts

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