The United States is a nation of failing businesses, closed factories and angry citizens.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21