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: NYT
Jun 6, 2014
The documents cover subjects including the American response to the genocide in Rwanda, policies toward gay men and lesbians serving in the military, the Oklahoma City bombing and Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 campaign for president.
Source: Archaeology News Network
Jun 6, 2014
Until about 11,000 years ago, mammoths, giant beavers, and other massive mammals roamed North America.
Source: Archaeology News Network
Jun 6, 2014
One of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces, drawn in red chalk on paper during the early 1500s and widely believed to be a self-portrait, is in extremely poor condition.
Source: Huff Post
Jun 6, 2014
Obama spoke from the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, where nearly 10,000 white marble tombstones sit on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach.
Source: Archaeology News Network
Jun 5, 2014
The cutting-edge diving suit, essentially still in an experimental stage, will be worn by U.S. divers who will be able to remain deep underwater for extended periods of time, enabling them to conduct excavations and handle the fragile ancient objects with due care.
Source: Smithsonian
Jun 5, 2014
For 150 years, the famous explorers were relatively unknown characters.
Source: NBC
Jun 5, 2014
Veterans are traveling to Utah Beach, knowing this anniversary could be their last.
Source: Seattle Times
Jun 5, 2014
As a dwindling cast of veterans make their way to France for the 70th commemoration Friday, the semi-welcome guest is Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Source: AP
Jun 5, 2014
Five former victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery and their supporters submitted hundreds of official documents.
Source: Sky News
Jun 5, 2014
Organisers said Hong Kong had a duty to light a candle in remembrance "when the whole of China is being silenced."
Source: Time
Jun 4, 2014
TIME went back in history to pull out the details, context and feelings of those grim days from their own coverage at the time.
Source: TalkingPointsMemo
Jun 4, 2014
"Naturally, Lt. Col. Oliver North has plenty to say about the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl."
Source: The Guardian
Jun 4, 2014
Genetically regrowing Van Gogh's ear is fascinating, because it returns us to how the artist saw himself: as a martyr of art.
Source: The Guardian
Jun 4, 2014
Mysterious artwork at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum showing people clustered on beach had huge creature painted over.
Source: The Atlantic
Jun 4, 2014
New tests prove what librarians have long believed: this book's cover is made of human.
Source: Indian Country Today Media Network
Jun 4, 2014
The code talkers mission was so secretive they could not talk about it until 23 years after the war ended.
Source: Press Release
Jun 4, 2014
“Medal of Honor: The History” is the first history that’s been done on the nation’s highest award.
Source: CP World
Jun 4, 2014
Despite all the economic progress in China, there has been little political reform in the past 25 years, he said.
Source: GlobalPost
Jun 4, 2014
In this small town in the Limousin region more than 300 miles south of Omaha Beach, people will gather to remember the worst Nazi atrocity on French soil.
Source: CBS affiliate
Jun 4, 2014
The names of 74 sailors who died on the USS Frank E. Evans may finally be included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
