She gave birth to Thomas -- or Tiggy, as his parents call him -- at a hospital in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

He said he had to go into action as quickly as possible -- as fast as he could move.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

He was sworn-in as president seventy-six years ago during the Great Depression -- the worst economic crisis in the country's history.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

And,in the summer, the temperature in the desert in Black Canyon could reach as high as forty-eight degrees Celsius.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

European governments and the International Monetary Fund are considering as much as sixty-five billion dollars in new loans to Greece.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

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

The Cleveland Clinic says the cause of cluster headaches is in a brain area known as a trigeminal-autonomic reflex pathway.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

A recent study found that people who smoke are nearly two times as likely as non-smokers to develop Alzheimers disease.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

They were big,rough fellows. They had chosen me as the only 'Dutchman' -- as they called me -- to make them laugh.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Baseball expert Richard Miller writes that many songs about other subjects -- such as love -- use words and expressions from baseball.

VOA: special.2011.04.04

But now,Ms.Troiano says the aim is to work with local teachers to provide what is known as co-teaching.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

The team found levels of lead as high as thirty-two thousand parts per million in tests on some paint samples from Ecuador.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The court struck down what were known as anti-miscegenation laws in the sixteen states that still had them.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

This week marked Barack Obama's first month as president -- and his first major action as commander-in-chief.

VOA: special.2009.02.21