In college basketball, a small school with a young coach nearly defeated a longtime powerhouse team for the national championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

The plan is for Orion to provide astronauts with a spacecraft that can link with the International Space Station.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

In "Family of Man," a dark-haired, light-eyed woman with a bright blue head covering looks intensely at something hidden from view.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

In eighteen ninety-seven,a man with a good job working in New York City was paid about ten dollars each week.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

It was an experience that began with a few simple words: "I am going around the world on a motorcycle."

VOA: special.2009.01.14

In nineteen fifty-two, Mister Chavez met Fred Ross, an organizer with a workers' rights group called the Community Service Organization.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

The four levels of rooms center on a beautiful courtyard with a glass ceiling to let light shine in.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

One woman wiped her eyes with a small square of lace and passed Missus Sommers her box of candy.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

"It was an inexperienced, immature driver who felt that he was invincible, driving at night with a carload of kids.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

A farmer could save on wood or stone with a round design that needed less material than traditional barns.

VOA: special.2009.12.29

While there,he was asked to go with a special trade group from Korea to establish trade relations with the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

In the nineteen forties, she was the first black woman to sign a long-term agreement with a major Hollywood movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Brown said God meant for him to begin this rebellion by invading Virginia with a military force he already was organizing.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

A person with a chip on his shoulder is a problem for anybody who must deal with him.

VOA: special.2010.01.17