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: University of Queensland
Oct 18, 2013
The Pitch Drop Experiment is basically a lump of pitch in a glass funnel.
Source: New York Times
Oct 18, 2013
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe apparently wished to avoid angering Japan's Asian neighbors.
Source: New Yorker
Oct 17, 2013
Lincoln often poured over a map of slave density by county.
Source: New York Times
Oct 17, 2013
Some Maoist supporters downplay number of deaths from Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.
Source: New York Times
Oct 16, 2013
Belafonte's collection of King memorabilia lays at the center of the dispute.
Source: BBC News
Oct 16, 2013
The BBC has revealed how it plans to mark the centenary of World War I.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Oct 16, 2013
It took years for Dallas to overcome its legacy as the "City of Hate."
Source: New York Times
Oct 16, 2013
The donation is part of an effort to make Prokofiev more accessible to scholars.
Source: New York Times
Oct 15, 2013
Pig Point has become a tantalizing window into prehistoric gatherings on the hilltop thousands of years ago.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Oct 15, 2013
Stone will be working with Jamie Foxx on the project.
Source: University of South Carolina
Oct 15, 2013
The law diploma earned by the University of South Carolina’s first African-American faculty member is back at USC.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Oct 14, 2013
The
current trial is just one of several planned.
Source: Associated Press
Oct 14, 2013
The museum had unveiled a plaster life mask Armstrong made in 1950s.
Source: Associated Press
Oct 13, 2013
Museum dedicated to genre’s history to be built in Missouri.
Source: CBS
Oct 13, 2013
John Riordan reunites with his friend Tuan from Saigon. Tuan explains why he didn't leave with Riordan and what happened to him after he stayed.
Source: New York Times
Oct 12, 2013
Monica Macías calls herself the daughter of dictators. Two of them: Francisco Macías Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, and Kim Il-sung of North Korea.
Source: New York Times
Oct 12, 2013
The New York Times likens Daniel Snyder to George C. Wallace in his decision to keep the name "Washington Redskins" in the N.F.L.
Source: Associated Press
Oct 12, 2013
Some Vietnamese question if another leader will be respected like him.
Source: New York Times
Oct 12, 2013
If judicial activism is
defined as the tendency to strike down laws, the court led by Chief
Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is less activist than any court in the last
60 years.
Source: Associated Press
Oct 11, 2013
The 38 acres are scheduled to be sold Oct. 31.
