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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: History Extra
9-13-13

Researchers go into battle to test Bronze Age weapons

Researchers at Newcastle University bring a new meaning to LARPing.

Source: Sci-News
9-17-13

Early Modern Humans Arrived in Near East 42,000 Years Ago

This new data challenges the existing consensus about the timeline of human migration.

Source: Pink News
9-17-13

California: 95-year-old war veteran marries boyfriend of 20 years

John Banvard, 95, tied the knot with Gerard Nadea, 68, himself a Vietnam veteran.

Source: Associated Press
9-15-13

National Gallery of Art explores history of 1st black Union soldiers from Civil War in photos

The exhibition "Tell it with Pride" just opened on September 15.

Source: Associated Press
9-15-13

Prayers, songs and lessons as Alabama church marks 50th anniversary of bombing that killed 4

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing shocked and horrified the nation in 1963.

Source: Washington Post
9-16-13

Chin Peng, Malaysian guerrilla, dies

The former communist insurgent against British colonial rule died of cancer at 88.

Source: Associated Press
9-17-13

Why is France pushing so hard on Syria? History, ideals and a hunger to be heard

France was once Syria's colonial master.

Source: New York Times
9-17-13

Shalom Yoran, Jewish Resistance Fighter, Dies at 88

The former partisan was the author of the memoir "The Defiant."

Source: Huffington Post
09-14-2013

Pre-Hispanic Artifacts Returned To Mexico By Miami's Lowe Art Museum

Lowe Art Museum returns artifacts depicting a male personage, the god Tlaloc, and a serpent's head.  The artifacts date between 200 BC to 1,200 AD. 

Source: Talking Points Memo
9-16-13

Russian Shot In Argument Over Kant’s Philosophy

It was not clear which of Kant’s ideas may have triggered the violence.

Source: NYT
9-13-13

Magazine that glorified Nazis to close

Der Landser, which the Simon Wiesenthal Center called sympathetic to the perpetrators of the Holocaust, will cease publication.

Source: NBC News
9-12-13

Slave who died in 1798 gets funeral

Fortune, owned by Dr. Preserved Porter, lies in state at the Hartford statehouse.

Source: New York Times
9-12-13

Fort Ticonderoga re-enacts dramatic battles

by Helene Stapinski

Family fun times at a revolutionary fort.

Source: The Atlantic
9-11-13

How Gothic architecture took over the American college campus

Industrialism ... and racism.

Source: AFP
9-12-13

Tomb found of ancient Chinese female 'prime minister'

The tomb was found in China's northwestern Shaanxi province.

Source: Egypt Independent
9-11-13

Roman-era tombs found in Alexandria

Cisterns, pottery remains, and a headstone were recovered from the old Roman city.

Source: Washington Post
9-13-13

Five years later, Hurricane Ike still remembered deep in the heart of Texas

Hurricane Ike was one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history.

Source: BBC News
9-12-13

Africa's lessons for ending Syria conflict

But one size doesn't fit all.

Source: Der Spiegel
9-13-13

Death prompts Venice to ponder tourist limits

The death of a German tourist prompts reflection.

Source: Der Spiegel
9-10-13

Secret Rudolf Hess file to be auctioned

The documents may shed light into his mysterious flight to Scotland in 1941.