In nineteen twenty-five, a young science teacher in the southern state of Tennessee challenged the state's new teaching law.

VOA: special.2011.01.13

Four years later, North Carolina State University hired her as the school's first full-time women's basketball coach and athletics coordinator.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

That's not what we have. It's a state-driven measure. High standards,challenging work for young people across the country.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is The Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

Go-Jek recently won ten thousand dollars in a competition through the American State Department's Global Entrepreneurship Program.

VOA: special.2011.07.29

Thirty-two point five percent of the state's adults were obese.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The State Department's new anti-trafficking coordinator, Luis de Baca, stressed that encouraging improvement is the main point of the exercise.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

In the south central state of Arkansas,two-term U.S.senator Blanche Lincoln faces a tough runoff against Bill Halter, the state's lieutenant governor.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

At a news briefing, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Libya's treatment of Megrahi will affect the U.S.-Libyan relationship.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

The U.S.State Department's on Ethiopia says of the 3.6-million seats contested, the EPRDF and its allied parties won all but three.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there will be consequences for Pakistan if Pakistani-based terrorists launch a successful attack on U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

A statement broadcast on Russian state television by Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president, Ramzan Kadyrov, has added to the speculation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

They want to support President Barack Obama's initiatives for peace in the Holy Land through a two-state solution.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

A recent U.S.State Department report cites Mexican President Felipe Calderon's crackdown on drug cartels, and several high-profile arrests.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined U.S.help to Haiti from Hawaii where she is attending an Asia-Pacific conference.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Sanford's widely publicized extra-marital affair with a woman in Argentina had already added spice to state politics.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08