American college students are expected to state their main idea at the beginning of the paper.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

He led his team to state championships all four years he was a student there.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

Physical abuse is always a crime, but domestic violence laws differ from state to state.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

They battle and survive a Mississippi flood for the reward of returning to state prison as the tall man did in the story "Old Man."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

In the United States the rules for charter schools differ from state to state.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Her rules later led to state laws covering jobs involving beauty treatment.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Laws on jury trials differ from state to state.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Many failed to be re-elected to state office.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

(Sound) According to state-run Press TV, a three-member committee has been set up to work out the details.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

That's what happened in 2000. Someone reported pollution from one of the CAFOs to state authorities and the CAFO operator blamed Henning.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

Although the legality of office betting pools varies from state to state, experts estimate that billions of dollars are wagered on the tournament.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Sanford's widely publicized extra-marital affair with a woman in Argentina had already added spice to state politics.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

But similar funding was not sent to state prosecutors or public defenders to process court cases.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22