A staggering 8.4 million jobs have been lost and the unemployment rate remains near double digits.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Two years ago,as Philadelphia faced a staggering number of home foreclosures,city officials, lender attorneys and homeowner advocates sat down to see what could be done.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

And the number of regular heroin users jumped a staggering 140 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23