The Santee Sioux lived along the northeastern edge of the Great Plains in what is now the state of Minnesota.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Now the Tea Party and the Coffee Party can both pour their efforts into the congressional elections this November.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Now the White House says there will be no additional drilling while the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is investigated.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The legislation was first proposed in two thousand seven by Joe Biden, then a senator, now the vice president.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

But now the first worldwide study warns that one in six of the many different kinds of mangroves could disappear.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Now the economic costs are still being counted as airlines try to get everyone to where they were going.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

The last glacier covered large areas of what is now the northeastern United States about 20,000 years ago.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Defense Secretary Gates says short- and medium-range missiles are now the more immediate threat to American forces in Europe and to allies.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Now the problem was how to get the astronauts back to Earth as quickly and safely as possible.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

But now the heart association says everyone should use hands-only CPR unless they feel strong about their ability to do rescue breathing.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Now the court says the restriction on political speech violates free speech rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Now the Tony Hawk Foundation helps young people by building skate parks in cities around the country.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

Until now the drug melarsoprol was used to treat patients in the advanced stage of sleeping sickness.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

But small businesses have been hit hard by the recession and now the difficulty in getting loans.

VOA: special.2009.12.18