It was raining as I got off the train in Nashville, Tennessee - a slow, gray rain.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

This was it. What could be an impossible effort in the history of spaceflight was ready to lift off on its final chance for success.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

It was finally sunk in a battle with the Kearsarge off the coast of France.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

But it was on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador that Darwin found creatures that made him wonder about how species develop and change.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

"...the victim,who has not been identified, was killed instantly. Reports say it appears she was pushed off the station platform into the path of the oncoming train.

VOA: special.2010.10.30

And it was a gamble." That gamble paid off.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

And Jackson was able to fight it off.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

And I knowed I could pray now. But I didn't do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking -- thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Not only did the gold show off a family's wealth and status, it was portable and easily sold in a crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"It felt like a big-ole monkey was off my back,". "It just felt so good to be able to have this moment.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"It was scary," "It was a loud firecracker that went off,and there was a fire in the plane."

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

It was all of the best moments in one movie,I think, and it was different something I didn't necessarily know I could pull off.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

They deserved to win today." It was the first time in 16 years the NFL's top two teams squared off for the league championship.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08