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: Los Angeles Times
November 3, 2013
The move is one of the largest returns of antiquities by an American university.
Source: Chicago Reporter
October 31, 2013
Sometimes pop culture can be the best history teacher.
Source: Huffington Post
October 31, 2013
Historian resolves the mystery of where the chief of the Gestapo died.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
October 28, 2013
The St. Philippus Church is home to the grave of Philip, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
Source: The Mainichi
October 30, 2013
But the Japanese prime minister endorsed the continuing
presence of U.S. forces in Okinawa.
Source: Japan Times
October 30, 2013
The surprise trip to China in February 1972 by Ford’s predecessor,
Richard M. Nixon, in pursuit of improved U.S.-Sino relations had shocked
Tokyo.
Source: The Guardian
October 29, 2013
The 1,800-year-old sculpture of the imperial symbol is regarded as one of the best pieces of Romano-British art ever found.
Source: BBC News
October 30, 2013
A 92-year-old man is on
trial in Germany, accused of murdering a member of the Dutch resistance
nearly 70 years ago.
Source: New York Times
October 30, 2013
Some wars get no respect.
Source: The Atlantic
October 28, 2013
Hundreds of years ago, ignorance about decomposition and
disease sparked fears that the dead returned to drink the blood of the
living.
Source: Slate
October 28, 2013
Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio program did not touch off nationwide hysteria. Why does the legend persist?
Source: Time Magazine
October 23, 2013
Time Magazine interview's the White House stenographer on her thirty years of service in the White House.
Source: Huffington Post
October 24, 2013
The painting has been hidden from view for five centuries.
Source: Associated Press
October 29, 2013
"These objects are either thought or known to have been looted, confiscated or sold under duress"
Source: Huffington Post
October 28, 2013
Jeffrey Gent presents a website of vintage photographs featuring homosexual couples.
Source: Time Lightbox
October 21, 2013
The Times features Martin Par's documentation of a British town transitioning from a traditional industrial community to an artistic, gentrifying community over 35 years.
Source: The Daily Beast
October 25, 2013
Lech Walesa is one hell of an
obdurate man.
Source: Huffington Post
October 24, 2013
A Viking parliamentary site that dates to the 11th century has been found beneath a parking lot in Scotland.
Source: Dallas Morning News
October 26, 2013
Veteran Dallas police officers are still haunted by that terrible day in 1963.
Source: Alaska Dispatch
October 25, 2013
The SS Princess Sophia disaster killed 343 people.
