In California,a federal judge is studying the evidence in a trial over a ban against same-sex marriage in that state.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The Hawaiian Islands were created in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as the plate moved slowly over a hot spot.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

But in a recent study they declared that forty percent of the tweets captured over a two-week period were "pointless babble."

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Eighty to ninety percent of cluster headache patients have pain over a number of days to a whole year.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

If resident doctors work shorter hours, for example,mistakes could happen when one resident takes over a patient's care from another.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

But it was not until March tenth, eighteen seventy-six that Bell was able to send the human voice over a wire.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

He invented the skill of throwing a special rope called a lasso over a cow's head to catch wandering cattle.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Medical experts say small amounts of carbon monoxide over a long period of time can greatly harm an unborn baby.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

Toyota has recalled more than eight million vehicles worldwide over a risk of gaining speed suddenly and uncontrollably.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

But less trust in the euro has reduced its value to the lowest levels in over a year.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Researchers in the United States say drinking a lot of alcohol over a short period may influence genes involved in bone formation.

VOA: special.2010.08.31

The researchers studied the diets of thirty-one thousand children ages two to eighteen over a thirty-year period.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has fallen over a dam cannot be brought back again.

VOA: special.2009.05.10