The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, about twice what economists had expected.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

Sergeant Joe Beyrle parachuted into Normandy during the allied D-Day invasion of Europe on June 6,1944.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

They recorded irregularities, including partisan electoral officials, the presence of security forces inside polling stations and the denial of voters who registered after June 6 most of whom support the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19