But they reflect the Obama administration's commitment to a new approach to development -- one based on investment,not aid.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Faith Lapidus tells about her life. Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to lead the Cherokee Nation, based in Oklahoma.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

States that want to take part in the Race to the Top cannot have rules that bar performance-based pay for teachers.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Mister Stoker is thought to have based his evil Count Dracula character on a ruler who lived in fifteenth century Romania.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

But then she and several others from the institute decided to create their own way to support community-based science education.

VOA: special.2011.07.11

Tim Geithner says the government is prepared with up to one trillion dollars to rebuild the market for loan-based securities.

VOA: special.2009.02.13

But an organization based in California is working with coaches to help influence boys to show more respect toward girls and women.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

But the latest Census Bureau report says the number of home-based businesses rose to more than eleven million in two thousand five.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

The proposed law aims to expand community-based services for those who want to receive long-term care at home.

VOA: special.2009.08.15

"For example in Rwanda, where cell phone-based technologies are being used to keep track of dispensation of drugs to patients with H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

A big part of this prediction is based on signs that the housing market is beginning to improve.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

For people interested in new technology, a New York based company,Makerbot, sells kits to people who want to build a small 3-D printer.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

Jeans have come to express different ideas about American culture based on the people who wear them.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

It uses Google's Android mobile operating system and is meant to work easily with Google's Web-based services.

VOA: special.2010.01.26