A few years ago, OhioHealth,a hospital chain, decided to help its overweight employees slim down and lead a healthier life style.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Slim composed 12 songs for the album, and co-wrote two more with seasoned Nashville songwriter Gary Nicholson.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Slim recorded his most recent albums in Nashville, where,according to Slim, co-writing is a common,everyday practice.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Initial results show Mr.Maliki's State of Law bloc with a slim overall lead over former prime minister Iyad Allawi and his secular Iraqiya faction.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

Slim enjoys being in the spotlight every once in awhile, but he says true happiness comes from making music day in and day out.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Slim is currently performing on his "No Paid Holidays" tour across the U.S.,Canada and Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Slim,whose real name is Bill Homans, has come a long way from his job as a heavy equipment operator for the U.S.Army during the Vietnam War.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

His follow-up stint as a watermelon farmer in Oklahoma earned him the nickname Watermelon Slim, a name he also gives to his own special brand of music.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Country,blues and rock dominate Watermelon Slim's latest release,Ringers.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

The Liberal Democrats can't form a majority government on their own either and the Conservative chances of doing that, which were slim when the campaign started, have receded - they're the main victim of the surge in support for the Liberal Democrats that occurred last week."

VOA: standard.2010.04.23