From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.

But it was the following year, 1840, and the reelection campaign of President Martin Van Buren that really brought the word into its own. Mark Cheathem, project director of the papers of Martin Van ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.

But it was the following year, 1840, and the reelection campaign of President Martin Van Buren that really brought the word into its own.

VAN BUREN -- An investigation led to the arrest Monday of a Van Buren police officer in connection with felony internet stalking of a child.

VAN BUREN -- A Van Buren police officer admitted to investigators Monday he had an online conversation with a 14-year-old girl and suggested the two meet and have sex, according to the Arkansas ...

A virtual tour of the new Van Buren Bridge and local area. Next week, pedestrians, bicyclists and a lane of traffic will be moving onto the new Van Buren Bridge in Corvallis.

The result: an impeccably designed venue named for President Martin Van Buren with polished charm, killer acoustics and fantastic sightlines.