The team includes Muslims and Christians,mothers,a librarian, a business student and a woman who competed in a beauty pageant.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

So you feel like you are a guest in a home instead of a visitor in a huge, impersonal museum.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

There is a risk that giving a patient a strong blood thinner during a stroke can cause bleeding inside the brain.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

At first he is a captive, then a warrior, and after many battles, a prince of a royal family.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Getting a grade like a B-plus or a C-minus adds or subtracts a few tenths of a point.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

People do not need a job or a good credit history to get a loan from a pawnbroker.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

Yes,it was this! He had the eye of a bird, a vulture -- a pale blue eye, with a film over it.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

A seizure is a sudden attack that may affect a person's mind or body for a short period.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

A big wheel may be the head of a company, a political leader, a famous movie star.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

A calf is a young cow. A young female cow, especially one that has not yet had a calf, is called a heifer: H-E-I-F-E-R.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

A woman might invite a group of women to a party called a baby shower for a friend who is about to give birth.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

It was on a sign that a student carried during a protest demonstration at a university.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Usually a community will receive a warning at least a few minutes before a tornado strikes.

VOA: special.2010.05.11