"This phone will work only for 11 days, when we are near the Earth, but it will be switched off later."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

The 20-something athlete hurt his knee running track five years ago so he switched to disc golf, a lower impact game.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter who switched parties from Republican to Democrat earlier this year says the Democratic Party leadership had no choice.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

His challenger,Joe Sestak, broadcast blistering TV ads saying Specter had switched parties because he was worried about saving one job - his own.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Specter had been a Republican senator up until last year, when he switched to the Democratic Party, with the backing of President Barack Obama.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

So Wells Fargo switched to fulltime banking.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Specter's announcement was welcomed by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, who said Specter's support would be important in implementing President Obama's economic plan: "Let me repeat what the president told Senator Specter this morning, that he has the president's full support, that he is thrilled that he switched parties and is a Democrat and that we look forward to working as we have on the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan with Senator Specter,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28