But a local group came to his aid. The Arlington Street People's Assistance Network is also known as A-SPAN.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

But the medicine in Bangladesh was produced by a local drug manufacturer that used a dangerous substitute to save money.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

BeadforLife began as a chance meeting between three American women on a trip to Uganda and a local jewelry maker.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

On the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica, Amizade places volunteers with a local partner in the small community of Petersfield.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Jared Loughner withdrew from a local community college after being suspended last September because of fears about his behavior.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

A woman who worked at the public recording studio had another job with a local independent record company called Sun Records.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

One version says his friends started calling him Bingo, and later Bing, after characters in a local comic strip, the Bingville Bugle.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Educational advisers say foreign students should keep enough money in a local bank to pay for at least 2 months of spending.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

"We are helping establish a local beef herd, a regional beef herd, and eventually a national beef herd."

VOA: special.2011.05.24

A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

He became very wealthy. When he was not working, he was in a local hotel playing card games for large amounts of money.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local server.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

She made the announcement May sixth during a local television program to raise money for flood relief.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Sixteen-year-old violinist Nicholas Black joined after he read a story about the group in a local newspaper.

VOA: special.2010.06.21