Breaking News

This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

Source: The Washington Post

Oct 16, 2014

Memorial for black Revolutionary War soldiers finds spot on Mall after 30 years

Last month, Congress unanimously authorized a site for the memorial.

Source: Media Matters

Oct 16, 2014

Fox is distorting the history of the Bush administration’s WMD claims

The hosts of Fox News' The Five distorted the history behind the rationale for the U.S. war in Iraq by reshaping an investigative report by the New York Times.

Source: WSJ

Oct 15, 2014

Study Finds Many Colleges Don’t Require Core Subjects Like History, Government

Few Schools Mandate Study of Areas Such as Economics or Foreign Languages

Source: Science Nordic

Oct 15, 2014

Prehistoric humans were far smarter than previously assumed

325,000-year-old stone tools go to prove that our forefathers were far better at collaborating and planning than we thought.

Source: Pew Research Center

Oct 15, 2014

Romney (again) in 2016? That would be unusual, but not unprecedented

In the U.S., the two major political parties seldom give their failed presidential nominees another shot at the brass ring.

Source: Scientific American

Oct 14, 2014

Melting Cave Ice Is Taking Ancient Climate Data with It

Scientists race to sample cave ice before it’s too late.

Source: The New Republic

Oct 14, 2014

The Mormon Church Is Building a Family Tree of the Entire Human Race

They already have 32 times the amount of information contained in the Library of Congress

Source: NYT

Oct 14, 2014

C.I.A. Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels

An internal C.I.A. study has found that it rarely works.

Source: Huffington Post

Oct 14, 2014

Ancient Village Discovered In Petrified Forest National Park

Land that now belongs to the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona may have been the site of bustling communities around 1,300 years ago.

Source: The New Orleans Advocate

Oct 14, 2014

First and only slavery museum to open in Louisiana

It will be housed in the Whitney Plantation.

Source: NYT

Oct 14, 2014

David Greenglass, Spy Who Helped Seal the Rosenbergs’ Doom, Dies at 92

The conviction and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union was the most notorious spy case of the Cold War, and it rested largely on the testimony of Ms. Rosenberg’s brother, David Greenglass.

Source: Mashable

Oct 14, 2014

London in the Blackout

The wartime city in darkness and stark white light

Source: Real Clear Politics

Oct 13, 2014

Krugman: Obama One Of The Most "Consequential Presidents" In Modern History

"I think if my ranking of consequential presidents, at least in modern history, would probably be FDR, LBJ, Obama and then Reagan."

Source: NYT

Oct 13, 2014

When Racism Was a Science

'Haunted Files: The Eugenics Record Office' Recreates a Dark Time in a Laboratory's Past

Source: Yahoo News

Oct 13, 2014

1000-year old Viking treasure hoard found in Scotland

"Experts have begun to examine the finds, but it is already clear that this is one of the most significant Viking hoards ever discovered in Scotland."

Source: Huffington Post

Oct 13, 2014

Confederate Officer's Scandalous Wartime Diary Decoded

"It's a military diary and you expect military information, but you don't expect the first lady of the Confederacy to make an appearance in this diary."