However,most of New Orleans and its people are still struggling to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of two thousand five.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Thirty-six seconds after lift-off, lightning hit the huge Saturn Five rocket.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

After Katrina hit, he was an emergency volunteer in Biloxi,Mississippi.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

They had hit the Confederate lines time after time.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Just eight days after a massive earthquake crushed Haiti, another one hit, instilling fresh fears among Haitians still reeling from the first.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

But at what cost? A year after the president took office,unemployment has reached double digits and the nation's deficit hit a record $1.4 trillion.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The title came in the first year of the Yankees' new Japan's Hideki Matsui was voted the Series' Most Valuable Player after he hit 615 with three home runs and eight runs batted in (RBI), including a World Series record-tying 6-RBI performance in Game 6.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24