The La Brea Tar Pits have also provided science with interesting information about the plants that grew in the area.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Pittsburgh is located in western Pennsylvania in the area where three rivers meet the Allegheny, the Monongahela and the Ohio.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

The old man thought he and his men could hold Harpers Ferry until slaves in the area rebelled and joined them.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is close to losing what he called its "best friend" in the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

They would call for help. And several groups of militia in the area would come to the aid of Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

The Hopi,the Paiute,the Navajo and other Native American tribes have all been in the area for at least seven centuries.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

At least three Indian tribes were living in the area that became Charleston when Spanish explorers arrived in Fifteen-Twenty-One.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

The Native Americans who lived in the area many years ago called the mountains Teewinot, meaning "many pinnacles.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

Today we tell the second part of our story about the discovery of gold in the area of Canada called the Yukon.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

The United States is also offering support to other countries in the area to help prevent other attacks.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

To let others hear Elvis, Sam Phillips organized a series of performances at country fairs in the area.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill reportedly was to settle differences among opposing railroad interests in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

People living in the area needed another way to get to the city besides the small ferry boats.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

The museum also has many fossil remains of the huge cats that once lived in the area.

VOA: special.2010.04.07