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: The Spec (Canada)
March 5, 2010
Every day thousands of cars rush by the stone monument just off King Street in Stoney Creek, oblivious to the cannons that point down at them.
The memorial fortification -- with corks at the end of each muzzle to keep the coffee cups and cigarette butts out -- acknowledges fallen soldiers from the bloody Battle of Stoney Creek on what is known as Smith's Knoll.
It's an island of reflection in a sea of urban sprawl that gives the impression that the horrible chapter of h
Source: LA Times
March 5, 2010
In a letter addressed to parents and community members, a South Los Angeles elementary school principal apologized Thursday for “questionable decisions” about which prominent African Americans to highlight in a parade marking the culmination of Black History Month.
Lorraine Abner’s letter did not name the individuals. But her apology came after three teachers at Wadsworth Avenue Elementary School were suspended while the Los Angeles Unified School District investigates allegations t
Source: Guardian (UK)
March 3, 2010
Michael Foot, Labour leader during one of the most tumultuous periods in the party's history has died, it was announced today.
Foot led the party from 1980 to 1983, presiding over the party during the formation of the breakaway Social Democratic party. He quit after Labour slumped to a stunning defeat in the 1983 election. A distinguished writer and journalist, as well as a cabinet minister in the Wilson and Callaghan governments, he was an MP from 1945 to 1992.
Tony Be
Source: Montreal Gazette
March 3, 2010
With Canadians basking in the glow of Olympic hockey glory - and still savouring Nova Scotia-born Sidney Crosby's overtime winner in Sunday's gold-medal match against the U.S. - two sports historians from Sweden have made a discovery that could cement the Maritime province's controversial claim to being the game's birthplace.
Researchers Patrick Houda and Carl Giden, members of the Canada-based Society for International Hockey Research, have unearthed a brief reference to an 1811 ic
Source: Reuters
March 4, 2010
A U.S. congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Washington.
The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 23-22 to approve the non-binding resolution, which calls on President Barack Obama to ensure U.S. policy formally refers to the killings as genocide.
The action cleared the way for the measure to be considered by
Source: AP
March 4, 2010
The U.S. Ambassador to Russia returned a stolen silver medallion that belonged to the last Russian czar to Moscow Thursday after it was recovered from an online auction by U.S. investigators.
Ambassador John Beyrle said that the recovery of the rare artifact signaled increasing trust between Moscow and Washington.
The medallion, which bears a portrait of Czar Peter the Great, once belonged to the family of Russia's last Czar, Nicholas II. It was stolen from the State
Source: AP
March 2, 2010
A Utah businessman who worked a two-year sting operation for federal officials investigating looting of American Indian relics across the Southwest has died, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot.
It appears to be the third suicide connected to the case.
Ted Dan Gardiner, an antiquities dealer and former grocery store CEO, shot himself Monday at a home in the Salt Lake City suburb of Holladay, police said.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
March 3, 2010
Charles Bonnet, 76, is the doyen of Sudan archaeologists who helped rewrite an ancient chapter of Africa's largest country.
Bonnet helped show that Sudan was not merely a satellite to Egypt's wealth of ancient relics. He unearthed statues of Sudan's "black pharaohs", the overlords of the Kingdom of Kush, suggesting that Sudan was a trove itself.
Bonnet peeled away at the old kingdom of Kerma (2500 to 1500 BC) and discovered seven granite statues of the Nubia
Source: BBC
March 3, 2010
A group of academics has been tasked to reinvestigate a centuries-old massacre of Protestants in Ireland.
University language experts have been given a grant of £334,000 to pore over thousands of witness accounts of massacres following the 1641 rebellion.
The Protestant death toll was most recently put at between 4,000 and 12,000, mainly in Ulster.
However, there have been allegations that accounts of the killings were exaggerated for propaganda purposes.
Source: BBC
March 4, 2010
A cordon remains in place in Southampton after an unexploded German World War II bomb was found at a building site.
Hampshire police said the 45kg (100lb) device was found by construction workers in London Road at 1005 GMT.
A 200m (220yd) area was cordoned off and buildings evacuated.
Some people are now being allowed back in but the device is still being inspected by a team from the Royal Engineers who hope to move it soon.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
March 4, 2010
A letter hinting that Diana, Princess of Wales, believed in feng shui's healing powers after her divorce has sold for £640 at auction.
The letter was written by the Princess in June 1994, the same month that the Prince of Wales spoke about his private life in a television interview with Jonathan Dimbleby.
The letter was bought by an anonymous bidder at the Dominic Winter auction in Cirencester, Glos, on Wednesday.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
March 4, 2010
Tony Blair is to publish his memoirs later this year, in a move which will make public his version of his often tempestuous relationship with Gordon Brown.
By releasing the book, The Journey, in September he will invite suggestions that he believes Mr Brown is unlikely to still be Prime Minister.
The book’s release has been delayed until after the likely May poll date, in what most believe is part of Mr Blair's desire not to destablise Mr Brown before polling day.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
March 4, 2010
The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid that struck the earth with the force of a billion Hiroshimas, according to leading scientists.
The asteroid, the size of the Isle of Wight, slammed into the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico at 20 times the speed of a bullet causing earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and wildfires.
The destruction, 65 million years ago, was so great it left most of the world a wasteland, shrouded in dust, perpetually cold and virtually devoid of al
Source: CNN
March 4, 2010
After scathing criticism from the son of slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, police in Los Angeles, California, have apologized for including the clothes the senator was wearing when killed in an exhibit of high-profile homicide cases.
The clothing -- a shirt, tie and jacket, with what appears to be bloodstains on the shirt -- was removed from the exhibit, "Behind-The-Scenes: The LAPD Homicide Experience," at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In addition
Source: WaPo
March 4, 2010
A congressional committee voted Thursday to label as "genocide" the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians, shrugging off a last-minute warning from Obama administration officials worried about alienating Turkey, a key ally in the Middle East.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on the eve of the hearing to express concern, administration officials said. In addition to straining U.S
Source: San Diego Examiner
March 3, 2010
Until now, paleontologists have generally believed that the closest relatives of dinosaurs possibly looked a little smaller in size, walked on two legs and were carnivorous. However, a research team including Randall Irmis, curator of paleontology at the Utah Museum of Natural History and assistant professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah has made a recent discovery to dispel this hypothesis.
The team announced the discovery of a proto-dinosaur
Source: Culpepper Star-Exponent
March 4, 2010
In a public gesture of thanks for its preservation efforts, Orange County’s Friends of Wilderness Battlefield will receive recognition today for its advocacy in protecting and restoring historic Ellwood Manor.
John L. Nau III, chairman of the Civil War Preservation Trust, will present the Chairman’s Awards for achievement in historic preservation at 10:30 a.m. during the board of trustees meeting at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. There are three award categories: educat
Source: National Museum of the US Air Force
March 3, 2010
A new exhibit focused on flight nurses during World War II opened March 3 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
The Winged Angels: U.S. Army Air Forces Flight Nurses in World War II exhibit, located in the museum's Air Power Gallery, tells the story of the 500 Army nurses who served as members of 31 medical air evacuation transport squadrons during the war. It highlights such women as 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, 1st Lt. Suella Bernard, 1st Lt. Aleda E. Lutz and 1st Lt. Mary L. Haw
Source: AP
March 3, 2010
The 97-year-old American’s memories of comrades blown away on either side of him on Iwo Jima are a world away from his vision of the island after returning to commemorate one of World War II’s fiercest battles.
“It’s a paradise,” former Marine commander Richard Rothwell said Wednesday as he sat in a wheelchair overlooking Invasion Beach. “I see no resemblance at all. Even the beach seems different.”
Rothwell was among nearly a dozen aging veterans able to make the 65th
Source: BBC News
March 4, 2010
A US Congressional committee is set to vote later on a resolution to label as genocide the killing of Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I.
The resolution is not binding, but if it is passed, it can go forward for a vote in the House of Representatives.
In 2007, a similar resolution passed the committee stage, but was shelved before a House vote after pressure from the Bush administration.
Turkey has warned of consequences for US-Turkey ties if it
