This year's favorites include Russian Evgeni Plushenko, Brian Joubert of France and Evan Lysacek of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The projects include improving wetlands in the Picayune Strand in Southwest Florida and repairs to Lake Okeechobee's dike.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Nikki Grimes is a children's writer and poet whose works include "Jazmin's Notebook" and "The Road to Paris."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Other threats include human pollution, acidification from carbon dioxide and rising temperatures in Earth's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Those changes include water shortages which could increase from rising temperatures in Earth's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

His honors include awards for his nineteen ninety-four translation of Dante's "Inferno" from Italian.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

Other recent vampire movies include the American film "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant", the Swedish film "Let the Right One In" and the Korean film "Thirst."

VOA: special.2010.01.20

This year's performers include Elvis Costello,David Byrne and the Yonder Mountain String Band.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

The non-profit organization's projects include working to provide communities with clean drinking water.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Today's expressions include a very important word C heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Diaghilev's Russian ballets include "The Firebird" and "Petrouchka."

VOA: special.2011.01.26

Eyewitnesses say that Saturday's bomb attack struck a local market and that the casualties include many women and children.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The ash clouds include particles of rock, glass and sand that can get into an aircraft's engine and cause it to stall.

VOA: standard.2010.04.17

Affected models include Toyota's top selling Camry and Corolla sedans, the Rav4,Avalon,Matrix, Tundra and sport utility vehicles such as the Highlander and Sequoia.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

APEC's 21 members include wealthy countries such as Australia, the United States,and Japan as well as developing nations such as the Philippines,and Peru.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08