"As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

She felt her heart tremble every time he shot an unsuspecting bird as it was singing in the trees.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The Taos Pueblo you see today looks almost as it did to the Spanish when they arrived almost five centuries ago.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Earlier this month, Hollaback! released an application for the Apple iPhone that lets users report harassment as soon as it happens.

VOA: special.2010.11.29

Cape May now is as popular a summer holiday place as it was at the turn of the century.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

The elephant needs to eat for about eighteen hours each day in order for it to grow as large as it does.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Here Warren Scheer reads the very beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's great poem, "The Canterbury Tales" as it was written in Middle English.

VOA: special.2011.01.12

It provides water for drinking and cooking for the people who live in Taos Pueblo today, just as it has for centuries.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

The road moves back and forth and around corners as it moves up the face of the mountain.

VOA: special.2010.09.08

The road is narrow and the traffic is often slow as it travels through each of the small towns of the Keys.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Each is meant to represent the light of freedom as it shines on the seven seas and seven continents of the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Leaders of the European Union say they will help Greece as it struggles under a mountain of debt.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

This makes it more difficult for the body to effectively use the same amount of oxygen as it would on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.07.14