On the final run, he edged out the Canadian sled driven by Lyndon Rush by a mere 0.01 of a second.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

The U.N.Secretary General says the facts are "grim" in Haiti, after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

In women's college basketball, the University of Connecticut went undefeated (39-0) and won the NCAA title with a 76-54 win over Louisville.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

On Saturday,Canada broke the record for the biggest margin of victory in Olympic women's ice hockey with an 18-0 trouncing of Slovakia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

On the positive side, the Commerce Department reports U.S.factory orders rose 0.4 percent in June, beating analysts' expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, about twice what economists had expected.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

Despite the weak report, the nation's unemployment rate fell 0.2 a point to 9.5 percent as thousands of Americans gave up looking for work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Weibrecht's 10th-place finish was a mere 0.54 seconds behind the winner, Michael Walchhofer of Austria.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

That exceeded the Canadians 16-0 win over host Italy four years ago in Turin.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Buehrle threw 116 pitches and had six strike outs in the 5-0 victory, the first perfect game since Randy Johnson threw one for Arizona in 2004.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Taking the silver medal, 0.38 seconds back,was two-time defending champion Andre Lange of Germany.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

In the end, the White Sox defeated the Devil Rays 5-0.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

"Beating the world's best team 2-0 and basically dominating them.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

In the women's event, the German team of Daniela Thoms Anschutz, Stephanie Beckert and Katrine Mattscherodt was trailing Japan headed into the final meters, but a huge surge at the end of the race earned the Germans the gold by just 0.02 seconds.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28