That is because it became a state in eighteen seventy-six, exactly one hundred years after the nation declared its independence.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

In California,a federal judge is studying the evidence in a trial over a ban against same-sex marriage in that state.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

David Johnson is a chemistry professor in the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The state-by-state information is not yet complete, but Marc Perry says demographers found a clear trend in population growth.

VOA: special.2011.03.14

However,it is not that simple. Randy Frost is a psychologist at Smith College in the American state of Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

And today a hospital in her home state of New Jersey is known as Clara Maass Medical Center.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

But in the state of New Jersey, a whole city is listed as a national historic landmark.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

In another area of this state, pottery for cooking is made with a shiny green coating.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Even though there is no state religion in America,there is a large, beautiful religious center in the nation's capital called the Washington National Cathedral.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

answered Aylmer,surprised. The mind is in a sad state when sleep cannot control its ghosts and allows them to break free with their secrets.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Asbury Park is a beach town in New Jersey,the state where Bruce Springsteen grew up.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Bill Curran at Penn State in University Park,Pennsylvania, is a professor of weed science.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Candice wants to know if there is a state religion in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.05.22