I'm Shirley Griffith. Listen again next week to the second part of the story of the Mercury program that took the first American astronauts into space.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

The top two teams in each group move on to the second stage.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

One hotel employee says he rushed from the basement of the Marriot hotel to the second floor.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

And they told them to include two dollars to cover the cost of giving the second letter to the charming widow.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

To help create jobs, he urged the Senate to join the House of Representatives in passing a second economic stimulus bill.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

They will earn extra points in the Race to the Top if they approve the standards by August second.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The artist can then add a second color of glass to make designs over the first layer of glass.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in nineteen eleven, this time in chemistry.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

This leads to an increase in diseases like diarrhea, the second leading cause of death in children under five.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

But Afghanistan fell three places to just above Somalia, meaning Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Opposition Republican leaders agree on the need to raise the borrowing limit by August second or risk the nation's first default.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

They are hoping to surround tornadoes in the second and final year of an international project known as VORTEX2.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

And,minutes after awarding the prize, Netflix announced a second one million dollar competition to improve the system even more.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

The volcanic eruption was the second time in two years that Iceland has shaken its neighbors to the east.

VOA: special.2010.04.23