In California, the State Board of Education plans to vote on August second to accept or reject a new set of standards.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

This is their sixth studio album, but only the second to open at number one on the Billboard Albums Chart in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Bolt shattered his old mark by 11-100ths of a second to set the new world record of 19.19 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose State of Law alliance came a very close second to former Prime Minister Iyad Alawi's Iraqiya, is leading the caretaker government.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

We have a monumental task ahead of us. And there's not a second to look back to our yesterdays, to look back at our fears and frustrations.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

In the presidential vote, Mr.Mugabe came in second to MDC leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai but he won the run-off election after Mr.Tsvangirai withdrew citing violence against his supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

The Union of the Gabonese People candidate finished second to Omar Bongo in 1998 and 2005, and says Gabon can not accept power passing "dynastically" from father to son.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

"Well,the security track record of this country is second to none,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

Members of the House of Representatives,saying there is not a second to wait, have sent a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to impose strict sanctions on Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"Tea is the world's second most popular drink, second to water, and there are literally thousands of tea formulations around the world, so the challenge for us, isn't finding new tea recipes, it's focusing and making sure we're developing things that are going to work."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

And,minutes after awarding the prize, Netflix announced a second one million dollar competition to improve the system even more.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

And they told them to include two dollars to cover the cost of giving the second letter to the charming widow.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the building of new homes fell in March to the second-lowest level on record.

VOA: special.2009.04.17