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: The Guardian
Nov 6, 2013
Swiss scientists find levels of polonium 18 times higher than normal in first forensic tests on former Palestinian leader's body.
Source: New York Times
Nov 6, 2013
“The Wind Rises” is entering the Oscar competition on tiptoe.
Source: New York Times
Nov 6, 2013
The exhibit will run Feb. 6 through May 10.
Source: Der Spiegel
Nov 5, 2013
An exhibition in Berlin gathers previously unknown reports by foreign diplomats, revealing how the shocking events prompted little more than hollow condemnation.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Nov 5, 2013
The bust of Admiral Miklos Horthy was unveiled Sunday.
Source: Associated Press
Nov 5, 2013
The Zapruder film remains the single most important pre-smartphone digital artifact.
Source: The New Scientist
Nov 4, 2013
Chinese engineers used an ice road to drag stones to build the Forbidden City.
Source: Associated Press
Nov 4, 2013
In its heyday, the
Selfhelp Home bustled with refugees.
Source: Associated Press
Nov 4, 2013
The cavalcade of musicians is trying to transform the Dix Hills, Long Island home.
Source: Associated Press
Nov 4, 2013
Alexandria, Virginia, was once a slave-trading hub.
Source: CBS News
Nov 4, 2013
In the fight against Hitler's forces during World War II, thousands of U.S. planes were shot down as they carried out bombing raids over Germany.
Source: The Independent
Nov 4, 2013
Crash injuries suggest he was the first of the boy racers
Source: New York Times
Nov 4, 2013
Authorities found an apartment building hiding 1,500 works of art confiscated under the Nazi regime in Munich.
Source: Associated Press
Nov 3, 2013
The slain president remains an African American icon, despite dragging his feet on civil rights.
Source: Slate
Nov 3, 2013
Comic artist Joe Sacco annotates the Great War in a panorama view comic book.
Source: The Guardian
Nov 3, 2013
Ammonia helped to feed billions, but killed millions.
Source: The Independent
Nov 3, 2013
An Antarctic explorer may have nasty secrets.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Nov 3, 2013
The move is one of the largest returns of antiquities by an American university.
Source: Dallas Morning News
Nov 2, 2013
As Kennedy flew into Dallas on that fateful morning of November 22, 1963, Richard Nixon flew out.
Source: The Guardian
Nov 2, 2013
The Imperial War Museum plans to put eight million personal stories online by 2018.
