Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

However,it is not that simple. Randy Frost is a psychologist at Smith College in the American state of Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is The Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

It is named the Buckeye State after a tree that produces nuts similar to chestnuts.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

It is called Highway One. It starts into the Keys from the state of Florida at a bridge that crosses the water to the island of Key Largo.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

It is not a state or part of a state.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

President Abbas has threatened to resign, and his government says it is pushing unilaterally for the declaration of a Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

"I do not think it is too early to have a Palestinian state. to have a Palestinian state years back,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"I think one needs to recognize given the current state of relations it is difficult to describe it as a strategic one anymore.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"The law as it stands now in the State of Israel is to be commended because elected office is not a shelter for misdeeds,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30