Space scientists have collected a wealth of information from spacecraft that have orbited,landed on and dug into the Martian surface.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Reports from Hollywood, California say that several actors, writers and producers are working on a movie version of "Atlas Shrugged."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

It comes from earlier days when the Roman Catholic Church ruled that Catholics must not eat meat on Fridays.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing boiling water down on enemies attacking a castle.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

President Obama has said that the national government "seems very detached from what's going on in the surrounding community."

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Mister Obama placed limits on pay for top executives at banks that receive new aid money from the government.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

People watched and commented on a speech by President Obama that was broadcast to students nationwide from a Virginia high school.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

He had been on the first exploratory trip to the mountain that had mapped the way up from the southern side.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

And now that they're back on their feet,we expect extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild the economy."

VOA: special.2009.12.18

From that time on, the San Francisco policemen showed respect to Joshua Norton by giving a military salute.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Doctors operated on him later that year to try to improve the flow of blood from his heart.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted -- nevermore!

VOA: special.2009.02.02

I could tell from the surrounding mountains that we were on the bottom of a long dead sea.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

Jane Ziegelman says from the nineteenth century on, immigrants would take difficult jobs that non-immigrants would not do.

VOA: special.2010.08.25