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: Detroit Free Press
May 1, 2014
The Ypsilanti Township factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a “man’s work” by building World War II-era bombers has been saved from the wrecking ball.
Source: Press Release -- University of Colorado at Boulder
Apr 30, 2014
The widely held notion that Neanderthals were dimwitted and that their inferior intelligence allowed them to be driven to extinction by the much brighter ancestors of modern humans is not supported by scientific evidence.
Source: NYT
Apr 30, 2014
Dems response: "We’re talking about a son of Illinois who became president of the United States.”
Source: NYT
Apr 30, 2014
“I would think Marx would want the most prolific and free distribution of his ideas possible — he wasn’t in it for the money.”
Source: Post & Courier
Apr 30, 2014
"We have been waiting for this for years."
Source: Telegraph
Apr 30, 2014
British secret files show officials worried the ship actually did contain explosives.
Source: CBS News
Apr 30, 2014
The Air Force has finally recognized the sacrifice of fliers who ooh refuge in Switzerland when their planes ran into trouble during WW II.
Source: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Apr 30, 2014
It opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) on July 2, which is also the anniversary of the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Source: The Way of Improvement Leads Home
Apr 29, 2014
by John Fea
The WSJ says it is. Not everyone agrees.
Source: Lansing State Journal
Apr 29, 2014
The site is in pristine condition.
Source: Oxford University Press
Apr 29, 2014
70 new lives will be added to the American National Biography Online.
Source: The Root
Apr 29, 2014
It’s a field that supposedly sees no color, race or ethnicity, yet racism has reared its head in some pretty appalling ways.
Source: The Independent
Apr 29, 2014
"The LAPD photographs were originally documents... but if you select them carefully today, they become a piece of art."
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Apr 28, 2014
It was the last letter to be written on the ill-fated Titanic.
Source: Haaretz
Apr 28, 2014
Two-minute nationwide siren followed by memorial ceremonies and reading aloud the names of those who perished.
Source: AP
Apr 28, 2014
"Has the world learned a lesson from the mistakes of the past? Today we are again faced with clear facts and before a real danger. Iran calls for our destruction, it develops nuclear weapons."
Source: deadline.com
Apr 28, 2014
Among those scheduled to be interviewed include historians; press secretaries Marlin Fitzwater, Mike McCurry, and Dana Perino; and the WHC Dinner’s past and current celebrity hosts.
Source: AP
Apr 28, 2014
The silver-and-bronze medal is a 10-pointed star bearing the Great Seal of the Confederate States and the words, "Honor. Duty. Valor. Devotion."
Source: AP
Apr 28, 2014
He died an obscure death.
Source: JNS.org
Apr 28, 2014
Hamas calls it “a made-up story without foundation.”
