Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration A record crowd, as large as 1.8 million people, jammed into Washingtons National Mall in January 2009 to see the historic swearing-in of the first African-American president. Obamas public swearing in this t...
New Jersey Residents Prepare for Another Storm A week has passed since Hurricane Sandy ruined Julia Stongvila's home. She has been preparing for this new storm with her son Joe. They paid the price for not doing so last time. Everything inside is gon...
US Olympic Alternates Prepare, Hope for Opportunity While Dacota Earnest, an 18-year-old from Texas, did not fulfill her Olympic dream, she still made it to London. She and Logan Dooley were selected as back-ups for the U.S. Olympic team's trampoline...
Egypt Prepares for Holiest Month Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for the world's 1 billion Muslims, begins with the new moon expected in most of the world on July 20. It marks the start of a month of fasting, reflective prayer and helping the...
Youngest Gymnast on US Olympic Team Prepares for London Kyla Ross does not live the life of an average American teenager. She spends 30 to 35 hours a week training at Gym-Max Academy of Gymnastics, just south of Los Angeles. She goes to school only p...
S. Sudan Prepares for 1st Independence Anniversary Across Juba, people are working around the clock to prepare the city for South Sudan's first ever Independence Day anniversary. Over the past week, streets have been swept, fresh paint has been appli...
US Track Team Prepares Outside London Crowded London will be even more crowded during the Olympics. More than 200 Olympic teams will descend on London this summer to compete for medals in dozens of sporting events. The city will be crowded with athle...
US Prepares for 'Forgotten War' Bicentennial The cannons firing today at Fort McHenry in the U.S. state of Maryland, are for the benefit of tourists. But that wasnt the case nearly 200 years ago, when more than a dozen British ships bombarded the for...
China Wields Power as G20 Leaders Prepare for France Leaders of the G20 group of industrialized nations will meet in France later this week - with the threat of another economic crisis still looming over the world economy. The summit comes just days...
US Congress Prepares to Vote on Three Free Trade Pacts Both houses of the U.S. Congress are expected to approve free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. The accords were negotiated during the former Bush administration, and had been sh...