Edward Kennedy never won the presidency, but became a long- serving and important member of the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

But Santa Fe has a longer history of serving as a capital city than any of the other capitals of the fifty states.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

"The World Cup is beginning to plant the seeds, serving as a glue to bind the nation.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

In eighteen fifty, President Zachary Taylor died after serving about a year and a half in office.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

He was serving a 15 year prison sentence after being convicted of passing classified information to the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

South Africa is ready." (OMITTED) "This World Cup is beginning to plant the seeds, serving as a glue to bind the nation."

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The indictment says he committed the crimes while serving as mayor of Jerusalem and as a cabinet minister, before being elected prime minister in 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

"You have a very large population of people stuck inside a combat area serving as a buffer between an impending government assault and Tamil Tiger resistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Libya has maintained that it was not responsible for the downing of Pan Am flight 103 and Megrahi, who was serving a life sentence, has maintained his innocence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

The only one present to hear the sentence was Melaku Tefera, an organizer for the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, whose founder Birtukan Mideksa is serving a life term in connection with the 2005 violence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"The fight against terrorists and violent extremists has been returned to its right and proper place -no longer defining, indeed,distorting, our entire national security and foreign policy, but rather serving as a vital part of those larger policies,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

Saresa Whitley is serving five years for assault at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Oregon.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

He had a terrifying experience serving in the United States Air Force in Saudi Arabia and suffered PTSD in silence for years after.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Later,he got a job singing while serving people their food in a restaurant.

VOA: special.2009.12.20