The Smithsonian's Mars Day offered a chance for people of all ages to touch Mars, or at least a piece of it.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

"Valentine's Day is a wonderful opportunity for people to refocus on what love is all about.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

All day Miss Sullivan kept touching Helen's hand, spelling words that gave Helen a language.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

It's a cool day because everybody gets to give balloons and chocolates and all that stuff to the person you're in a relationship in or whatever."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The women's group immediately called for all blacks in the city to refuse to ride on city buses on the day of Missus Parks's trial, Monday,December fifth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

He worked on his own family's land every evening and all day Sunday.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

Memorial Day honors all of those who have died in America's wars.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

One day,Sylvie's grandmother had visited them and had chosen Sylvie from all her brothers and sisters to be the one to help her on her farm in Vermont.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

He was 22. President Obama paid tribute on Veteran's Day to all those who have sacrificed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"They're fine all day at school, they come home, they get a drink of water, and that's when they got sick.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"It's a phenomenal day, not just for me, but for all the students who graduate, for the entire Hostos family and for the Bronx!

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

That's the lesson I try to remind myself of every day; we have an equal vote with all these other species on this planet."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, Monday is the first day of Winter, which seems a good time to check out a website that's all about the snow.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

We are going to get there the day before the games start two days before. And it's all about building, and getting better every game and that is how the team is going to win.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"The sight of a mass murderer getting a hero's welcome in Tripoli is deeply upsetting, deeply distressing, above all for the 270 families who grieve every day for the loss of their loved ones 21 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21