A straggling few got up to go in deep despair.

VOA: special.2011.04.04

Their whole life was in that store, making money: saving it to go home, giving up money to send it back annually. Many areas of the museum celebrate the successes of individuals.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

She says being a mom is hard. "Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can't go out and say 'I am going to buy this for myself.'

VOA: special.2010.05.13

And Alan Lomax had somevery compelling and really engaging stories to tell about actually painting himself up in blackface so that he could go into black communities, so that some of the whites wouldn't single him out and beat him up or whatever."

VOA: special.2010.01.18

The amount of aid that goes to health and vaccines in particular has gone up and it needs to go up even more.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

He estimates rates in his home state could go up by as little as 0.03 percent to as much as 15 percent, depending on how many customers a utility company has to spread the costs across.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

So I'm ready to go." In other highlights Thursday, medals will be up for grabs in the men's 200 meters, Qualifying heats also begin in the men's 800 and 5,000 meters, and women's hammer throw, The women will also try to advance to Friday's 200-meters final.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19