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by Sam Roberts

Is de Blasio Dinkins and Lhota Giuliani?

8,000 Year Old Evidence of Human Activity Found in Alps

Excavations in the Parc National des Écrins reveal evidence of Mesolithic humans.

2500-year-old Horse remains in Bulgaria suggest creatures were buried upright

Two horses and a two-wheeled carriage were found in Thrace.

Lessons from the last government shutdown

Lesson #1: the shutdown was NOT a political disaster for the Republican Party.

NBC Sports Host Who Shot Elephant In Face Compares His Critics To Hitler

Tony Makris says his critics are practicing "animal racism."

15 Black Uprisings Against European and Arab Oppression They Won’t Teach in Schools

The Atlanta Black Star features slave revolts brushed under the rug in Western textbooks.

Explaining ‘Fugitive Slave Act’ Claim Highlighted by Obama

A GOP congressman compared the ACA to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act last August.

Just How Much of Musical History Has Been Lost to History?

Valuable original recordings and rare tapes have vanished over the years—a process that Jack White and the National Recording Preservation Foundation are looking to stop...

Stanislav Petrov: The man who may have saved the world

Petrov prevented the Soviet Union from responding to an (erroneous) signal of an American nuclear attack.

Iran’s Leader, Denouncing Holocaust, Stirs Dispute

The Iranian leader faces criticism at home for seeming to acknowledge the Holocaust.

Secret Cold War documents reveal NSA spied on senators

...along with Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and a Washington Post humorist.

Kermit and Miss Piggy take their place in history

Twenty-one iconic Muppets have found a new home at the Smithsonian.

John McCain Rips Ted Cruz's Anti-Obamacare Speech, Criticizes Nazi Comparison

Cruz does the Americans who fought Nazism "a grave disservice," the Arizona Republican said.

New Abraham Lincoln Photo Discovered

Disney animator found a picture of Lincoln in a crowd the day he gave the Gettysburg Address.

A Constitutional Primer from Google

"Constitute" lets you compare founding documents from 160 countries.

Black History Not Reflected in New Rugby Museum: Nkohla

Local rugby players believe the newly opened rugby museum in Cape Town does not properly portray black influence.

Easter Island's Mysterious Moai Statues Face Environmental Threat

Environmental attack turns moai statues to dirt.

NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture"

The National Library of Medicine has launched a traveling banner exhibition and online adaptation of Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture.

In Supreme Court Opinions, Web Links to Nowhere

So many of the hyperlinks in SCOTUS footnotes lead nowhere.

200 Years After Waterloo, Some Hard Feelings Remain

Every year in Wallonia, fetes are held to honor Napoleon.