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.

Source: The Daily Beast

7-23-14

‘Clinton Inc.’ Author Dishes on Monica Lewinsky and the Blue Dress

Monica Lewinsky, now 41, is once again the object of prurient curiosity.

Source: NYT

7-23-14

Senator’s Thesis Turns Out to Be Remix of Others’ Works, Uncited

John Walsh, Democrat, Confronts Questions of Plagiarism

Source: Pink News

7-14-14

New film chronicling Swiss gay magazine that survived the Nazis

It was the only European gay publication to outlast the Nazis.

Source: Rasmussen Reports

7-21-14

Have We Got A Conspiracy for You - 9/11? JFK? Obama's Citizenship?

On a list of some of the world’s best-known conspiracy theories, Americans are most likely to believe the one about JFK‘s assassination.

Source: NYT

7-22-14

What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Means for America

Corporations, it turns out, really are people. And that could be very bad news for the rest of us.

Source: Pew Research Center

7-16-14

How Americans Feel About Religious Groups

Jews, Catholics & Evangelicals Rated Warmly, Atheists and Muslims More Coldly

Source: University of Notre Dame

7-18-14

Tea Party support linked to educational segregation, new study shows

"Acceptance or rejection of the Tea Party's views on the government's role in redistributing wealth is shaped, to a large degree, by the extent to which those who have benefited from higher education are set apart in their daily lives from those who have not."

Source: NBC Philadelphia

7-19-14

History of Philly Rests Under I-95

Artifacts detailing over 5,000 years of Philadelphia history have been buried beneath Interstate 95 and the Girard Avenue Interchange.

Source: CBC

7-22-14

Agreement aims to protect North Shore wrecks from looters

North Shore archaeologists teaming up with provincial police, federal authorities to protect historic sites

Source: Press Release -- Producer of The Rising

7-17-14

Award-Winning Filmmaker Kevin McCann to Produce the First Film about the Easter Rising in Ireland

Excitement building around epic motion picture that will depict events around the rebellion to end British Imperial Rule in 1916

Source: YouGov

7-15-14

Clinton seen as the most intelligent president, George W. Bush the least

Americans are especially likely to think of Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan as "very" smart.

Source: Yahoo

7-20-14

Yahoo gains access to the CIA’s secret museum

Yahoo News got an exclusive on-camera guided tour of what could be the coolest collection you’ll probably never get to see.

Source: Saving Antiquities

7-20-14

ISIS Toll: Loss of historic sites in Iraq documented

The al-Askari shrine in Samarra, which was attacked in 2006, has become a target again.

Source: NYT

7-18-14

Black Southern Voters, Poised to Play a Historic Role

The timing — 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act and 49 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act — is not entirely coincidental.

Source: NYT

7-16-14

Family Behind Hobby Lobby Has New Project: Bible Museum

The development of a Bible museum has long been a dream of the Oklahoma-based Green family.

7-15-14

MLK’s Case for Reparations Included Disadvantaged Whites

Reluctantly, Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for compensation included the “disadvantaged” and opened the door to whites as a way to solidify the support of white allies and liberals.