Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 23 November 2010 Today from VOANews.com Using Lasers to Treat Kidney and Liver Tumors Also: A report on climate change and severe droughts | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS A Traditional Thanksgiving Meal, With Modern Shortcuts Prepared foods and restaurants help Americans celebrate a holiday older than the nation itself l AGRICULTURE REPORT Americans Try to Deal With, and Even Laugh at, Economic Realities A comic book for hard times. Income inequality sets a record. And neighbors trade soup, build "social capital" | THIS IS AMERICA Taking a Closer Look at the Future of Video Conferencing As researchers develop a 3-D system, an industry observer says traditional 2-D systems keep improving | TECHNOLOGY REPORT Words and Their Stories: Feel The Pinch The Pains of Economic Trouble | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940): He Wrote About the 'Roaring Twenties,' America's Wildest Party The author of "The Great Gatsby" became rich and famous at the age of 24. First of two parts | PEOPLE IN AMERICA On Stage: The Great American Novel, All of It, In 'Gatz' Also: A question about the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. And music by award-winning country artists | AMERICAN MOSAIC Jury Decision Renews Debate on Civilian Terror Trials in US A Guantanamo detainee is cleared of all but one charge in the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings, but faces years in prison | IN THE NEWS Groups Offer Ideas to Cut US Deficits Proposals limit homeowner tax breaks, raise the retirement age and add a national sales tax | ECONOMICS REPORT American History: Wilson Urges Support for Idea of League of Nations But President Woodrow Wilson was unwilling to compromise, and lawmakers defeated the Treaty of Versailles | THE MAKING OF A NATION China Passes India as Top Country Sending Students to US Report shows a big increase in foreign undergraduate enrollments, and a drop in intensive English programs last year | EDUCATION REPORT Are EVs, Plug-in Hybrids the Cars of the Future? There are more electric and hybrid cars than ever. And they are being joined by highly efficient diesel and gas models | EXPLORATIONS World Health Officials Consider New Tobacco Control Measures Proposals at a meeting in Uruguay include a ban on additives used to flavor cigarettes | HEALTH REPORT More News Headlines