In 2008,the 26-year-old from Checotah,Oklahoma became the youngest artist invited to become a member of Nashville's famous Grand Ole Opry.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

The Canadians were third in total medals with 26. The big individual medal winner in Vancouver was Norwegian Marit Bjoergen.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

The gunman killed a 26-year-old man and a teenage girl in the worst ever attack on gays in Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia set a new World Championship record in the men's 10,000 meters, breaking the tape in 26 minutes,46.31 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

I want to build a windmill right here in Indiana." U.S.unemployment was 9.5 percent in June its highest level in 26 years.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The ComRes poll shows the Conservatives winning 37 percent of votes, Labor on 29 percent and the Liberal Democrats on 26 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

When he announced the agreement on March 26, President Obama suggested that it would also enhance U.S.prestige.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

But the unemployment rate has also topped double digits for the first time in 26 years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

Also,the nation's overall unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in October, its highest level in 26 years.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

A total of 30 small-scale pineapple farmers in Ghana saw sales grow from 26 tons to more than 115 tons after gaining their organic certification.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

The changes were needed for the shuttle to leave the station before the arrival of a Russian Soyuz rocket, which is set to launch on March 26.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

President Obama says he expects the nation's jobless rate, which is the highest it has been in 26 years, to get still worse before it gets better.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

The World Gold Council says, in the first half of the year, India's gold imports slumped by 26 percent, dropping to their lowest level in six years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

The 50-year-old "King Of Pop" was declared dead at 2:26 P.M.local time.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25