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: HNN
  4-18-14
  

  1995 Clinton right-wing conspiracy memo released

  "Who's behind all this?"

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• SOURCE: WaPo
  4-18-14
  

  The most interesting tidbits from the Clinton document dump

  Nothing to worry about for Hillary in this latest document dump.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4-14-14
  

  T. rex fossils arrive at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

  “It’s like Christmas morning,” declared dinosaur curator Matt Carrano.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine Newsletter
  4-17-14
  

  Quote of the Day -- Time Magazine's Top 100 People

  Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga and al-Sisi?

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• SOURCE: ProPublica
  4-16-14
  

  Investigation: The Resegregation of America's Schools

  In Tuscaloosa today, nearly one in three black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened.

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• SOURCE: Alternet
  4-15-14
  

  5 Explosive Revelations Leaked from Senate Report Exposing CIA Torture

  While the official inquiry has not been published, dogged journalists have published key—and disturbing—details of what is contained in it.

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• SOURCE: AlterNet
  4-6-14
  

  In Parts of the South, Glorifying Slavery No Longer Pays the Bills

  “Younger people don’t care so much about the past or the old stories."

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• SOURCE: Radio Free Europe
  4-17-14
  

  Russian history professor says Russians are being manipulated by propaganda

  "If you watch Russian TV you will see that Russia has no problems other than the adaptation of Crimea. "

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• SOURCE: Andrew Sullivan blog
  4-16
  

  Andrew Sullivan assails new history of marriage equality movement

  Journalist Jo Becker's new history of gay marriage is woefully incomplete, says Sullivan.

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• SOURCE: Hyperallergic
  4-17-14
  

  Art in the 1980s: The Forgotten History of PAD/D

  Despite the institutional preservation of its vast archive, PAD/D's history and achievements remain virtually unknown in the art world.

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• SOURCE: George Mason University's Center for History and New Media
  

  New Website Uncovers History of the National Mall

  Mallhistory.org offers 4 major sections to help visitors learn more about their National Mall.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-1-14
  

  Is it a reminder of Nazis or a historical object worthy of saving?

  “Every time I see the structure, it makes me think about the ovens.”

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• SOURCE: Legal History Blog
  4-15-14
  

  Supreme Court reveals that the docket books of many justices survive -- and are being made available

  by Dan Ernst

  Long secret historic dockets reveal how justices voted in various cases.

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• SOURCE: CBS
  4-14-14
  

  Poll: Majority Of Americans Say Obama Is Mixed Race, Not Black

  Only blacks think he's black.

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• SOURCE: UPI
  4-14-14
  

  New technology helps paleontologists see Ice-Age bee in intricate detail

  The "Megiachile gentiles" specimen -- a species of bee still alive today -- was first excavated from Los Angeles' La Brea tar pits in the 1970s.

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• SOURCE: Yahoo News
  4-5-14
  

  History textbooks in crosshairs of Australia's curriculum wars

  Conservative politicians in Australia have ordered a review of a new national curriculum they say imposes political correctness on shared historical events, such as the battle for Gallipoli.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  4-13-14
  

  Archaeologists' findings may prove Rome a century older than thought

  As Italian capital approaches 2,767th birthday, excavation reveals wall built long before official founding year of 753BC.

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• SOURCE: US National Library of Medicine
  4-14-14
  

  150 years of medical journals to go online

  Key journals charting the development of modern medicine over the last 150 years will be digitized in their entirety .

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• SOURCE: BBC
  4-9-14
  

  Secret WW1 spy files have been made available online

  More than 150 files are being made available in the digitised release.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-10-14
  

  Papyrus Referring to Jesus’ Wife Is More Likely Ancient Than Fake, Scientists Say

  The test results do not prove that Jesus had a wife, only that the fragment of papyrus with the phrase, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife,’” is likely not a forgery.