The Commerce Department said sales of new single-family houses also rose but just by three-tenths of one percent.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Three of the awards were for this hit song, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)."

VOA: special.2010.02.05

So far,three House committees have approved versions of health care reform, which would be melded together into a single bill.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

But not a single Republican voted for the package in the House of Representatives and only three voted for it in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"Our three main groups of people are refugees, single mothers and Japanese who are unemployed."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Congress recently passed Mr.Obama's $787 billion dollar economic recovery plan without a single Republican vote in the House of Representatives and with only three opposition-party votes in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

He explained that instead of a single president, there will be a three-person council consisting of a president and two co-presidents, one of whom will be a top aide to Mr.Ravalomanana.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08