Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

Last year was the first year since two thousand four that Hawaii has had fewer than seven million visitors.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

"I am not the first president to take up this cause," he said "but I am determined to be the last."

VOA: special.2009.09.12

But last month the researchers from the MIT Media Lab won first prize in the Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

Last year,the top news story was the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

Just last month, Saudi Arabia got its first woman cabinet member, Noura al-Fayez, the deputy minister for women's education.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Last December, the Australia-based company Invetech reported that it had delivered the world's first production model 3-D bio-printer for Organovo.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

When last heard from, Amelia Earhart was seeking to become the first female pilot to fly a plane around the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

It was the last of one hundred thirty five flights for the world's first reusable space vehicle design.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

Last year,for the first time, the World Health Organization added snakebites to its list of "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

This student from the state of Texas was the first place winner of last week's National Geographic Bee.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Then Barack Obama heads to Turkey for the last stop on his first trip to Europe as president.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

That was part of a speech First Lady Michelle Obama gave last month at a graduation ceremony at the University of California,Merced.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

The last day for nominations was February first, less than two weeks after the president took office.

VOA: special.2009.10.10