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: Bloomberg
2-14-14
Nazi scientists were working on ways to use malaria-carrying mosquitoes as a weapon, researchers have uncovered. Until now, experts have disputed whether Germany was working on biological warfare during World War II.
Source: CNN.com
2-10-14
Hillary Clinton told a close friend that Monica Lewinsky was a "narcissistic loony toon," according to documents released Sunday.
Source: BBC News
2-2-14
The project is to be led by the University of Leicester geneticist who helped identify the remains.
Source: The Telegraph
2-11-14
The 1955 letter to Rayner Unwin will be auctioned on March 11.
Source: The Guardian
2-14-14
Gallery claims it was ‘fraudulently induced’ by New York based art dealership to buy allegedly stolen 11th century sculpture.
Source: The Guardian
2-4-14
Museum of London Archaeology wants to record items washed up in thousands of sites around the UK.
Source: The Guardian
2-11-14
War-weariness among the public and wariness among politicians mean next
year could be the first since at least 1914 that British soldiers,
sailors and air crews are not engaged in fighting.
Source: New York Times
2-14-14
Wendy Doniger's "The Hindus: An Alternate History," was met with outrage upon publication in India.
Source: New York Times
2-14-14
The genetic atlas of human mixing events was published on Thursday in the journal Science.
Source: New York Times
2-14-14
Under the draft bill, Spain is offering citizenship to any person —
whether Jewish or not — whose Sephardic origins can be certified.
Source: New York Times
2-11-14
Keynes was a pioneer in personal finance, too.
Source: New York Times
2-11-14
The Shelby Cobra revolutionized the racing world upon making its 1964 debut.
Source: New York Times
2-11-14
Just in time for the new movie, the Center for Jewish History has released a Flickr collection dedicated to the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section.
Source: BBC News
2-10-14
Research will be done to find out more about the life of a west African slave who became a successful entrepreneur in England.
Source: BBC News
2-7-14
An argument about what to call the sea between South Korea and Japan has spread to the United States.
Source: BBC News
2-7-14
Dickens stipulated there was to be no statue of him in his native land, but Portsmouth unveiled a bronze statue for the author's 202nd birthday. Should they have?
Source: Nautilus
2-6-14
Life, death, and Sputnik.
Source: BBC News
2-7-14
Details of the extraordinary markings have been published in the science journal Plos One.
Source: The Telegraph
2-8-14
Gandhari, Sogdian, Rongorongo... Meet the elite group of academics determined to translate scrolls in long-lost languages - one painstakingly slow syllable at a time.
Source: BBC News
2-11-14
The former child star-turned-diplomat passed away Tuesday at 85.
