Mining of coal and logging of the forests became major industries as transportation improved on the rivers and railroads were built.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

He will be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, and the first black president, on January 20th.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Each is meant to represent the light of freedom as it shines on the seven seas and seven continents of the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

As a young girl, Professor Nyokong says she went to school on some days and took care of sheep on other days.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

The female spiders have a bright yellow splash of color on their bodies and can grow as large as a human hand.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will be shown in normal theaters as well as on the huge screens of IMAX theaters.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

And,as they talked, could see pictures of the moon people on Earth on their television sets.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Adobe is shaped into bricks that are laid one on top of another and used as a low cost way to build walls and houses.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Officials say he bought materials to build explosive devices and traveled to New York City on September tenth as part of planning for an attack.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

They did not expect an easy life. And as time passed, they found solutions to most of the problems of farming on the Great Plains.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

The designs and images on the surface of a tapestry are woven into the cloth as opposed to being only on the surface of the cloth.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Based on the results, researchers advised doctors and parents to warn young women about the risk of wrinkles as a more effective way to prevent tanning bed use.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

President Cleveland said: "The people of the United States have a right to a money recognized as such on every exchange and in every market of the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

When Shepard did hit the golf balls, they traveled "for miles and miles," as he reported, because the gravity on the moon is one-sixth of the gravity on Earth.

VOA: special.2011.05.15