Today we tell about Les Paul, one of the most influential people in modern popular music.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

No one is sure why. Modern Pueblo Indians say they feel a strong link to the spirit of their ancestors in Bandelier National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

He created one of one of the most famous jazz groups in America,the Modern Jazz Quartet.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

This is one of Poe's stories that influenced the development of the modern detective story.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

The American artist Cy Twombly is one of only three modern artists who have been asked to make a permanent piece of art for the Louvre.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Today we tell about Aaron Copland, one of America's best modern music composers.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

One music critic wrote that modern music history had just been made.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Here is one of the Modern Jazz Quartet's big hits,"Django."

VOA: special.2009.03.01

But only one third of China's vast population is enjoying a modern lifestyle;

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Ted Kennedy became one of the longest-serving, most influential senators in modern U.S.history.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26