We talked to some people in Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida about their resolutions, hopes and wishes for 2009.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

"Writing's something I've always done. My imagination kind of turned into words, and I'd start putting those words on a page."

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Pittsburgh was closer to cities on the Atlantic coast with large black populations, cities such as New York, Washington,D.C.and Baltimore.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Barbara Klein has more. The museum at Ford's Theatre was created to show Abraham Lincoln's life, and death,in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two points and a D one point.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

And then they would take the pouch home and they'd have it at their hands at the time of delivery."

VOA: special.2010.05.24

The D.C.Commission on the Arts and Humanities has asked him to create large paintings on the walls of buildings.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

At the National Gallery of Art in Washington,D.C., you can see a colorful and expressive print called "Revolt on the Amistad."

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Avenue "A" was for assault, "B" was for battery, "C" was for coma and "D" was for death.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Many voters were dissatisfied with the L.D.P.and its reaction to Japan's worst recession since the Second World War.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The museum is the only permanent exhibit organized by the Smithsonian Institution outside Washington,D.C., and New York City.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

We named both of our kids with Ds. My husband starts with a D and I'm a D.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

They include the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington,D.C., and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

So begins the novel that takes Langdon hunting and hurrying around Washington,D.C., through museums,monuments and government buildings.

VOA: special.2009.10.09