Vick recently served eighteen months in federal prison for running a dog fighting operation in which he also killed dogs.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The surface of his painting, "Blue Square." is covered in extremely thick blue paint which he applied using his fingers.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Elliott Carter has written over one hundred thirty works, many of which he composed after the age of ninety.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Jordan was the first stop on a Middle East trip in which he also visited Israel and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

He sang and danced well. He also kept people laughing with his jokes which he told very fast.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Jackson bought a huge property in California which he called "Neverland" after the children's story of Peter Pan.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Or,he might show you one of many guinea fowl, which he jokingly says are also called "Chobe chickens."

VOA: special.2009.08.19

Brown's lawyers then argued that he was not guilty of the three crimes with which he was charged.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

He did certain things wrong. And others which he did correctly were done over and over again.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Here is his piece "Finding Rothko" which he wrote for the IRIS chamber orchestra in Tennessee.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Secondly,Taney said Scott was ruled by the laws of Missouri, the state in which he lived.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

On April fifteenth he gave a speech in which he discussed his goals for space travel.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

During this period, he only found twelve echidnas, five of which he captured twice.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Huck's ideas about people were formed by the white society in which he lived.

VOA: special.2010.03.21