When it is cold outside, the president and his family can warm up near one of the White House's twenty-eight fireplaces.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

This force,led by General Zachary Taylor, had camped near the town of Corpus Christi at the mouth of the Nueces River.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

It is now a major part of the United States Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library near New London,Connecticut.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

The workers made good progress on the project until they started working near Big Bend Mountain in West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

In Washington,for example, large crowds gather near the Washington Monument to listen to music and watch a huge fireworks show.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Post and the famous American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's plane crashed on takeoff near Point Barrow.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Everything else is across the ground. In basketball you go up a little bit, but not anywhere near as cool.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Scientists have long believed that Earth's satellite lacks the ability to hold water near its surface because it has no atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

Peter Lacovara is Egypt,Nubia and the Near East curator for the Michael C.Carlos Museum of Emory University in Georgia.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses can reduce the release of dust and ammonia.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

In a separate project, scientists identified seven new species of bamboo coral in deep waters near the Hawaiian Islands.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

In two thousand six, a revival of "The Fantasticks" opened in the Snapple Theater Center near Times Square in New York.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

But he points out that the violence in the news is generally not near areas that are popular with foreigners.

VOA: special.2011.06.13

She was one of fifty people killed in a plane crash on February twelfth near her hometown of Buffalo,New York.

VOA: special.2009.03.09