It lies between sand hills covered with pine trees and rich farmland near the Mississippi River.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The Andromeda Galaxy is big enough and near enough to be seen by the unaided eye in the star group Andromeda on a dark night.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

There he painted many pictures of life and events on and near the sea.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

From far and near the people gathered in the arena and outside its walls.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Martin Banks, a professor of optometry at Berkeley, says 3-D doesn't allow our eyes to follow the rules because we're focusing on things both far and near at the same time.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

The company says it is simply keeping a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell phone towers near the user's location.

VOA: special.2011.05.02

Edward Moore Kennedy will be buried Saturday near his brothers John and Robert at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

And,he likes to work near the other glass artists in the school because they can exchange ideas and methods.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Doctoral student Diana Zardaryan of the Institute of Archeology found it in a cave near the border with Iran and Turkey.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

It is now a major part of the United States Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library near New London,Connecticut.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Peter Lacovara is Egypt,Nubia and the Near East curator for the Michael C.Carlos Museum of Emory University in Georgia.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

It is in Bloomington,Minnesota, in the north-central part of the country near the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

The Soo Locks linked iron mines near Lake Superior with the cities of Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago,Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

When it is cold outside, the president and his family can warm up near one of the White House's twenty-eight fireplaces.

VOA: special.2009.05.08