Breaking News

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.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-15
  

  NYT Magazine profiles the first slavery museum in the US

  It opened in Louisiana in December.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-15
  

  An Immodest Proposal Rankles a Capital Known for Modesty

  A proposal to build an immense memorial in Ottawa to the global victims of Communism has prompted protests from architects, the mayor and the country’s chief justice.

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• SOURCE: Yahoo News
  2-26-15
  

  New ISIS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts

  The five-minute video shows a group of bearded men inside the Mosul Museum using hammers and drills to destroy several large statues, which are then shown chipped and in pieces.

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• SOURCE: History Extra
  2-20-15
  

  How air conditioning helped Ronald Reagan become president

  Everyday objects and ideas have, through history, often had fascinating and unexpected consequences, as a new BBC Two series reveals.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2-15-15
  

  Mount Vernon uses lasers to scan mansion down to the nail

  Architects and preservationists are at the estate building a computerized database of every piece of the mansion.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2-22-15
  

  Ray Bradbury home's demise has LA re-examining its history

  The Bradbury home's destruction came as a surprise in part because the guy who knocked it down was one of the city's most prominent architects.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  2-25-15
  

  Alan Turing’s family demands the UK pardon its convicted homosexuals

  The famed mathematician and codebreaker received a royal pardon in 2013. As many as 49,000 others have not

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• SOURCE: Time
  2-24-15
  

  A Turkish Flag Draws Parallels to Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

  Photographer Firat Yurdakul captured a scene reminiscent of Joe Rosenthal's WWII image

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• SOURCE: Center for American Progress
  2-24-15
  

  The Demographic Evolution of the American Electorate, 1974–2060

  The demographics of the United States are projected to become much more diverse in the coming decades and will have significant effects on the nation's voting electorate in all 50 states.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  2-23-15
  

  New Study: Plague outbreaks that ravaged Europe for centuries were driven by climate changes in Asia

  These outbreaks were traditionally thought to be caused by rodent reservoirs of infected rats lurking in Europe’s cities, or potentially by rodent reservoirs in the wilderness. But research published in the journal PNAS suggests otherwise.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  2-23-15
  

  Scan Reveals Mummy Hidden Inside Buddha Statue

  The mummy is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist monk who died in China around 1,100 A.D.

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• SOURCE: WHIO
  2-19-15
  

  The president of Wright State University apologizes for a Black History Month menu that featured fried chicken

  “I was really hurt (by the menu). Extremely hurt.” — student

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-20-15
  

  Blacks weren’t the only victims of violence by white mobs.

  So were Mexicans.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-21-15
  

  Herman Rosenblat, 85, Dies; Made Up Holocaust Love Story

  What led him to embellish the story is anybody’s guess.

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• SOURCE: Voice of America
  2-18-15
  

  The first American to die on the battlefield in World War I died before the US entered the conflict

  Missing from chapters on World War One are the stories of Americans who volunteered for the fight before the US entered the war.

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• SOURCE: Telegraph
  2-20-15
  

  Lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered in man's attic

  Walter Elliot discovers tale starring famous detective in collection of short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in effort to save his favourite bridge in Selkirk

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• SOURCE: Politico
  2-19-15
  

  After stumbles, Chicago on course to host Obama library

  The Barack Obama Foundation, the nonprofit charged with siting the library, is set to announce the location by the end of next month.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  2-19-15
  

  Ancient Egyptian Tomb Builders Had State-Supported Health Care

  Texts from a village dating back to Egypt’s New Kingdom period, about 3,100 to 3,600 years ago, suggest that in ancient Egypt there was a state-supported health care network designed to ensure that workers making the king’s tomb were productive.

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• SOURCE: CBS News (Video)
  2-19-15
  

  Iwo Jima survivors recall 1945 battle (Video)

  Seventy years after the battle of Iwo Jima, two survivors provide perspective on the offensive that is best remembered for an iconic photograph of U.S. Marines raising an American flag.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  2-18-15
  

  Unearthed Letter From Freud Reveals His Thoughts On Gay People

  While the this correspondence sheds light on his personal communications, it has long been known that Freud did not view homosexuality as a pathology.