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
Jan 26, 2014
Rand Paul comes out of a tradition with a mixed message -- reassurance to young libertarians and to defenders of slavery.
Source: New York Times
Jan 24, 2014
Several
organized crime figures have been arrested as part of a federal
investigation into a series of unsolved crimes, including the infamous
1978 Lufthansa heist.
Source: The Smithsonian Institution Archives
Jan 23, 2014
The first modern building on the National Mall, the new museum opened with ten exhibit halls completed, with an additional fifty opening in the following years.
Source: Chicago Defender
Jan 23, 2014
The gift was presented at the Washington Auto Show.
Source: New York Times
Jan 23, 2014
George J. Stinney Jr. was only 14 years old when he was executed.
Source: New York Times
Jan 23, 2014
Abe compared the Anglo-German relationship before World War I with Japan and China today.
Source: Fox News
Jan 22, 2014
The Byzantine structure was unearthed during a routine salvage excavation.
Source: The Guardian
Jan 22, 2014
First world war Middlesex military tribunal letters range from heartbreaking appeals to rants about rotten neighbours.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Jan 22, 2014
“I had no intention whatsoever to hurt the feelings of people in China and Korea.”
Source: National Public Radio
Jan 22, 2014
The Mycenaeans knew how to throw a pretty mean barbeque.
Source: New York Times
Jan 22, 2014
A new conflict has opened up between the towns of Anzio and Nettuno.
Source: The Guardian
Jan 21, 2014
Graves holding tiny cremated bones confirm accounts dismissed as Greek or Roman black propaganda, study shows.
Source: Science News
Jan 21, 2014
A 35,000-year-old piece of carved bone has been found on Timor.
Source: Nautilus
Jan 21, 2014
Vikings -- turns out they're just like us.
Source: Science News
Jan 21, 2014
War elephants didn't begin with Hannibal.
Source: BBC News
Jan 20, 2014
The extraordinary story of connections between German Nazis and Brazilian fascists.
Source: BBC News
Jan 19, 2014
Young conscientious objectors during WWII were starved for
six months to help experts decide how to treat victims of mass
starvation in Europe.
Source: NBC News
Jan 19, 2014
A South Carolina judge will be asked to overturn the conviction of George Stinney, a 14-year-old who was convicted and executed 70 years ago.
Source: The Guardian
Jan 18, 2014
Alien fungus found at former Craiglockhart hospital where Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon met in 1917.
Source: LiveScience
Jan 17, 2014
[Pin It] Before civil war broke out in Syria, Tell Qarqur was home to an archaeological expedition. Now military tanks sit inside bunkers carved into the ancient mound.
