The fort's commander asked Pryor if he would like the honor of firing the mortar that would begin the attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

For that,we visit a courtroom that looks much like the ones in movies and TV shows like "Law & Order."

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Her love songs also seem more adult in subject, like the title track to the new album, "Can't Be Tamed."

VOA: special.2010.08.06

But that does not include costs like the tons of flowers that growers in Kenya and Israel had to destroy.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

But Dewey would likely have disagreed with many current practices in American education, like the wide use of standardized testing.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

The bands this year include the Decemberists and the Killers, as well as new acts like the Virgins and White Lies.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

ROCKFORD: "So what?" ALLEN: "By the time we came out, we looked like the last two passengers on Noah's Ark."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Nina Simone later told a reporter that she decided just to try to sound like the famous singer Billie Holiday.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

Within a few years, he would be accepted into scientific organizations like the Geological Society and the Royal Society.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Her voice and singing style are still easy to recognize, just like the sadness and longing in her love songs.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Visitors to Baltimore find entertainment in areas like the redeveloped Inner Harbor and the waterfront community of Fells Point.

VOA: special.2011.03.07

Yellow or brown areas shaped like the letter V on leaves may be a sign of black rot infection.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

It was like the day -- a hundred years later -- when the first American walked on the moon.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

In the nineteen eighties, governments and lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund changed market policies.

VOA: special.2010.03.30