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: BBC
9-14-14
One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says.
Source: Discovery
9-7-14
Carved from marble with traces of blue-and-red paint, the Caryatids were found when a team of archaeologists, led by Katerina Peristeri, removed sandy soil in front of a sealing wall.
Source: South China Morning Post
9-9-14
Hirohito warned against a “reckless war” that would make him feel “deeply sorry for my imperial ancestors.”
Source: Journal of Turkish Weekly
9-8-14
There are a number of reasons for people to yearn for Saddam Hussein. The first reason is his antagonism toward Israel.
Source: The Guardian
9-7-14
Infamous killer is identified from blood samples on a shawl found next to one victim’s body, says ‘armchair detective.’
Source: Foreign Policy
9-4-14
A few too many years under the Deutsche Demokratische Republik can wreak havoc on a moral compass
Source: Foreign Policy
9-4-14
How the slave trade patterns of centuries ago are still shaping African marriages today
Source: Huffington Post
9-5-14
Everybody grows older, but when you're president of the United States, the physical aging process happens a lot more quickly.
Source: NYT
9-4-14
‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon
Source: NYT
9-4-14
Until 1976 West Point didn't even admit women.
Source: Huffington Post
9-2-14
A prolonged drought has revealed that the mysterious monument's ancient stones, which currently arc in a semicircle, likely once formed a complete circle.
Source: Radio Free Europe
9-5-14
ITAR-TASS is again adopting its Soviet-era acronym of simply TASS in a step it says will strengthen its image.
Source: National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 483
9-5-14
Lack of Legal or Legislative Closure to Affair Opened Path to Future Presidential Abuses
Source: National Geographic
9-3-14
Amid the devastation and danger of civil war, Syrian archaeologists and activists are risking their lives in the battle against looting.
Source: Salon
9-2-14
"Fred Ryan, who's just been named the Post's new publisher, is among the more Reagan-y people to ever walk the earth -- somewhat less Reagan-y than Ronald Reagan himself, but probably more Reagan-y than Nancy Reagan or other members of the Reagan family."
9-4-14
by HNN Staff
"For 16 months, working under the noses of his clueless Nazi overseers ... a Jewish doctor managed to send fake typhus vaccine to the Nazi soldiers at the front, even as he provided the real thing to inoculate his fellow condemned Jews in a concentration camp."
Source: AP
8-31-14
Invasion of Alaska? Yes. It seemed like a real possibility in 1950.
Source: News Observer
8-26-14
Thirty years ago, North Carolina waged a Senate race that even today staggers the imagination.
Source: Philly
9-1-14
Villanova professor's quest reveals LBJ vendetta against George Hamilton.
Source: BBC
8-29-14
An American academic is creating a searchable database of 12 million historical copyright-free images.
