The recession has hit especially hard in California, home of the world's eighth largest economy and one out of eight Americans.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

It says one out of six diabetics is Indian.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Sudden heart failure occurs in approximately one out of 100,000 students each year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

I think I know The truth is hiding in your eyes And its hanging on your tongue Just boiling in my blood But you think that I can't see What kind of man that you are If you're a man at all Well, I will figure this one out on my own I'm screaming I love you so My thoughts you can't decode How did we get here?

VOA: standard.other

But then Micky gets one more chance in the ring,under one condition: his family has to stay out of his career.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

One day his mother said When Pierre climbed out of bed Good morning,darling boy, you are my only joy.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

"You cannot choose your own classes. And you don't have the right to drop out of one of them."

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The researchers say they found one nearly complete flute made out of bones from a bird the griffon vulture.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Poor Billy! A bullet came out of the sky one day and tore a great hole in Billy's chest.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

She likes to point out that cooking is not one of the skills that she brings to the family.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The law said a man who was drafted could stay out of the army by doing one of two things.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Ashe was winning the game. One official told him he would lose if he walked out of the game.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

So on Valentine's Day she might go out to dinner with one of them or babysit for her grandchildren.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The writers say microfinance is one of the important tools for empowering women and lifting them out of these conditions.

VOA: special.2010.06.16