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Olbermann Says Sorry & More Revelations in New Clinton Library Papers

A letter from the then-MSNBC anchor apologizing for his Lewinsky coverage, exasperation over Jimmy Carter, and more interesting documents from the Clinton White House.

New Data Shows Americans Still Believe the Biggest Myth About Inequality

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans say the poor need to "work harder" if the U.S. is going to slow its growing rate of economic inequality, according to a new Pew poll.

My drinking duel with George W Bush nearly cost him US presidency, admits John Newcombe

Former tennis champion John Newcombe finally reveals details of his drinking duel with George W Bush, which ended with the arrest of the Texan on a night that nearly cost him the US presidency

Army War College Revokes Senator John Walsh's Degree After Plagiarism Investigation

Walsh's office released a statement Friday saying the Army War College has revoked his status as a graduate. The statement says the senator disagrees with the findings but accepts the decision.

Nazi death squad leader: The musical

If you are constantly battling to try and disprove Russian claims that your state is essentially neo-Nazi, it doesn’t help if an evening of musical entertainment then pops up giving Nazi death squads the razzle-dazzle of a Broadway musical.

Greek Bronze Age ended 100 years earlier than thought, new evidence suggests

Conventional estimates for the collapse of the Aegean civilization may be incorrect by up to a century, according to new radiocarbon analyses.

Slave photo discovered from Robert E. Lee's home

The photograph was unveiled Thursday at the Arlington House plantation overlooking the nation's capital that was home to Lee and dozens of slaves before the Civil War.

Paying Respects, Pentagon Revives Vietnam, and War Over Truth

The website for the Pentagon’s Vietnam War anniversary commemoration largely describes a war of valor and honor that would be unrecognizable to many of the Americans who fought in and against it.

Newsweek reports that Woodward and Bernstein revealed key sources to the Hollywood director who made the movie about them

by Max Holland

The story is by Max Holland, the well-known Watergate researcher and historian.

GOP senators ripped for blocking museum

House champions of legislation to jump-start the creation a women’s history museum in the nation’s capital are upping the pressure on Senate conservatives who are blocking the proposal in the upper chamber.

Using Lasers To Save Earth's Cultural Monuments

Preserving modern wonders for posterity is the main inititiative of CyArk, a nonprofit that uses 3-D laser scanning to create a digital archive of the world’s cultural heritage sites.

Activists have started a petition on the White House website urging Obama to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

"In the era of global decolonization, Native Americans remained colonized. Columbus Day is a painful symbol of that traumatic past."

Obama’s not the first former boss Leon Panetta blistered in a memoir

In 1971, Panetta penned a take down of Richard Nixon & Co.

Opening Of NYC Time Capsule Brings 1914 Into The Present (Video)

A 100-year-old time capsule was opened for the first time Wednesday, providing a glimpse into the past.

Oldest Cave Paintings Found? 40,000-Year-Old Indonesian ‘Stencil’ Art Is Among Earliest Of Its Kind

Cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi depict stencil-like outlines of human hands and local animals and date back to at least 39,900 years ago.

ISIS seems to be running out of historic shrines to destroy

The past two months have seen a decrease in the number of reports of sites being destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

New Study Shows that Chimpanzees Evolved to be Violent

A new study of the pattern of intergroup aggression in chimpanzees and pygmy chimpanzees (bonobos), their close relatives, finds that human impact isn't the culprit.

To Lure Young Readers, Nonfiction Writers Sanitize and Simplify

Prominent nonfiction writers are now grappling with how to handle unsettling or controversial material in their books as they try to win over this impressionable new audience.

History's irrelevant? Not to the judge who just freed 7 singing protesters in Alabama

In his oral ruling from the bench, Judge W. Troy Massey said that this case follows in the long history and tradition of Americans risking jail to stand up for principles greater than themselves.

Why Loss of Senate Would Carry Silver Linings for Obama

President Obama might find it easier to score some legislative accomplishments with a Congress fully controlled by Republicans.