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: Toronto Star
Apr 27, 2014
“A beautiful place, so well kept, very moving and sadly still a lesson for today’s world,” wrote German tourists a month ago in the guest book.
Source: 60 Minutes
Apr 27, 2014
Briton Nicholas Winton helped save hundreds of mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the war
Source: NYT
Apr 26, 2014
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority issued a formal statement on Sunday calling the Holocaust “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era.”
Source: Smithsonian
Apr 25, 2014
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History celebrates the 50th anniversary of its opening to the public by showcasing a Ford Mustang made in 1964.
Source: LC
Apr 25, 2014
Seventy-five years ago, the Library opened a second building on Capitol Hill to house its growing collections.
Source: The Age
Apr 24, 2014
Ninety-nine years after Australian and New Zealand soldiers splashed ashore at Anzac Cove, the Gallipoli Peninsula continues to disgorge the bitter harvest of 1915.
Source: Media Matters
Apr 24, 2014
Here is the video of Cliven Bundy's racist tirade, in which he questioned whether black Americans were "better off as slaves."
Source: AP
Apr 24, 2014
Not enough to say Turkey shares their pain.
Source: SF Gate
Apr 24, 2014
The ship that hit the City of Chester had 74 Chinese crewmen and 1,062 Chinese steerage passengers.
Source: UPI
Apr 23, 2014
A museum dedicated to the history of fascism will be created in Predappio, Italy, the birthplace of dictator Benito Mussolini, Mayor Giorgio Frassineti announced.
Source: AP
Apr 23, 2014
The horrible destruction was the work of radical Islamists and thieves.
Source: Green Cities
Apr 23, 2014
This year is the 44th anniversary of Earth Day.
Source: Google blog
Apr 23, 2014
If you see a clock icon in the upper left-hand portion of a Street View image, click on it and move the slider through time and select a thumbnail to see that same place in previous years or seasons.
Source: AP
Apr 23, 2014
"This is a place where their ancestors walked. You're not just in a museum looking at artifacts in a case."
Source: NPR
Apr 23, 2014
"I just found this," says archaeologist Chris Parker, holding a small object in his hand, about 2 inches long. He's grinning.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Ed
Apr 23, 2014
Under scrutiny is a copy of Jon Baret’s Alvearie, a "quadruple" or four-language dictionary published in London in 1580.
Source: WSJ
Apr 22, 2014
Oliver Stone: “You should open up your past the way the United States opened its past.”
Source: LA Times
Apr 22, 2014
It's the first stamp celebrating an openly gay elected official.
Source: WMUR
Apr 22, 2014
“I don’t know what they think they’re doing. I mean, you need those books to have a sense of the history of your discipline, even if they’re not the latest thing off the press.”
Source: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
Apr 22, 2014
"War was romantic. War was colorful flags, spiked helmets and flashing sabers. War was an adventure."
