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: NYT
10-14-14
An internal C.I.A. study has found that it rarely works.
Source: Johnson's Russia List
10-9-14
If you are constantly battling to try and disprove Russian claims that your state is essentially neo-Nazi, it doesn’t help if an evening of musical entertainment then pops up giving Nazi death squads the razzle-dazzle of a Broadway musical.
Source: Huffington Post
10-14-14
Land that now belongs to the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona may have been the site of bustling communities around 1,300 years ago.
Source: The New Orleans Advocate
10-14-14
It will be housed in the Whitney Plantation.
Source: Real Clear Politics
10-13-14
"I think if my ranking of consequential presidents, at least in modern history, would probably be FDR, LBJ, Obama and then Reagan."
Source: NYT
10-14-14
The conviction and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union was the most notorious spy case of the Cold War, and it rested largely on the testimony of Ms. Rosenberg’s brother, David Greenglass.
Source: Mic
10-10-14
Nearly 1 in 4 Americans say the poor need to "work harder" if the U.S. is going to slow its growing rate of economic inequality, according to a new Pew poll.
Source: NYT
10-13-14
'Haunted Files: The Eugenics Record Office' Recreates a Dark Time in a Laboratory's Past
Source: Yahoo News
10-13-14
"Experts have begun to examine the finds, but it is already clear that this is one of the most significant Viking hoards ever discovered in Scotland."
Source: Mashable
10-14-14 (accessed)
The wartime city in darkness and stark white light
Source: Huffington Post
10-13-14
"It's a military diary and you expect military information, but you don't expect the first lady of the Confederacy to make an appearance in this diary."
Source: Huffington Post
10-13-14
“We have no doubts that once again we’re seeing an anti-vampire ritual being carried out."
Source: Space
Almanac to the rescue
Source: NYT
10-11-14
Hundreds of newly declassified pages from the hearings suggest that Oppenheimer was anything but disloyal.
Source: NYT
10-11-14
Ancient tradition “can offer beneficial insights for governance and wise rule.”
Source: phys.org
10-9-14
Conventional estimates for the collapse of the Aegean civilization may be incorrect by up to a century, according to new radiocarbon analyses.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
10-10-14
Former tennis champion John Newcombe finally reveals details of his drinking duel with George W Bush, which ended with the arrest of the Texan on a night that nearly cost him the US presidency
Source: Daily Beast
10-11-14
A letter from the then-MSNBC anchor apologizing for his Lewinsky coverage, exasperation over Jimmy Carter, and more interesting documents from the Clinton White House.
Source: Yahoo News
10-9-14
The photograph was unveiled Thursday at the Arlington House plantation overlooking the nation's capital that was home to Lee and dozens of slaves before the Civil War.
Source: Huff Post
10-10-14
Walsh's office released a statement Friday saying the Army War College has revoked his status as a graduate. The statement says the senator disagrees with the findings but accepts the decision.
