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
11-3-13
The move is one of the largest returns of antiquities by an American university.
Source: Chicago Reporter
10-31-13
Sometimes pop culture can be the best history teacher.
Source: Huffington Post
10-31-2013
Historian resolves the mystery of where the chief of the Gestapo died.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
10-28-13
The St. Philippus Church is home to the grave of Philip, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
Source: The Mainichi
10-30-13
But the Japanese prime minister endorsed the continuing
presence of U.S. forces in Okinawa.
Source: Japan Times
10-30-13
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
10-29-13
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
10-30-13
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
10-30-13
Some wars get no respect.
Source: The Atlantic
10-28-13
Hundreds of years ago, ignorance about decomposition and
disease sparked fears that the dead returned to drink the blood of the
living.
Source: Slate
10-28-2013
Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio program did not touch off nationwide hysteria. Why does the legend persist?
Source: Time Magazine
10-23-13
Time Magazine interview's the White House stenographer on her thirty years of service in the White House.
Source: Huffington Post
10-24-13
The painting has been hidden from view for five centuries.
Source: Associated Press
10-29-13
"These objects are either thought or known to have been looted, confiscated or sold under duress"
Source: Huffington Post
10-28-2013
Jeffrey Gent presents a website of vintage photographs featuring homosexual couples.
Source: Time Lightbox
10-21-13
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
10-25-13
Lech Walesa is one hell of an
obdurate man.
Source: Huffington Post
10-24-13
A Viking parliamentary site that dates to the 11th century has been found beneath a parking lot in Scotland.
Source: Dallas Morning News
10-26-13
Veteran Dallas police officers are still haunted by that terrible day in 1963.
Source: Alaska Dispatch
10-25-13
The SS Princess Sophia disaster killed 343 people.
