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 Telegraph
February 9, 2014
The Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka, which would have been flown by Japanese suicide bombers, is to form part of an exhibition at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Source: The Saturday Evening Post
February 6, 2014
George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman introduced jazz to a classical audience.
Source: Seattle Times
February 8, 2014
A diver and some amateur historians believe they found a lost anchor from Capt. George Vancouver’s 1792 voyage into Puget Sound. But have they?
Source: Public Radio International
February 7, 2014
The Circassian people were nearly destroyed during the Russian conquest of 1864.
Source: LiveScience
February 11, 2014
Yes, ancient Egyptian students tripped the light fantastic on opium.
Source: The Independent
February 10, 2014
The statue is at least 2,000 years old.
Source: Huffington Post
February 10, 2014
The unnamed, century-old graves present a problem for the university,
whose expansion plans could be halted over the cost of relocating the
bodies.
Source: Wall St. Journal
February 8, 2014
The U.S. military's effort to protect the cultural treasures of the world continues even in today's war zones
Source: Reuters
February 5, 2014
The students were sentenced, in absentia,
to a suspended prison sentence.
Source: Associated Press
February 6, 2014
Officials at the Carondelet High School for Girls in Concord apologized to students, parents, and the community.
Source: Associated Press
February 6, 2014
A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery tries to quantify "cool."
Source: Associated Press
February 6, 2014
"Boulevard Monmartre, Spring Morning" went for $32 million.
Source: Time Magazine
January 30, 2014
A memorial to a man that Tokyo calls a terrorist, but Beijing and Seoul regard as a hero, reflects East Asia's War over history.
Source: Time Magazine
February 4, 2014
Costica Acsinte
was a Romanian army photographer during World War I, and he continue to catalog his country until his death in 1984.
Source: The Guardian
February 4, 2014
Website includes 10,000 new images, more manuscript descriptions and translated content, and a faster search engine.
Source: LiveScience
February 4, 2014
The oldest known shipwreck in the Indian Ocean has been sitting on the
seafloor off the southern coast of Sri Lanka for some 2,000 years.
Source: New York Times
February 6, 2014
The move comes after a tentative agreement on Wednesday.
Source: Associated Press
February 6, 2014
An autographed piece of the stage goes on the auction block.
Source: New York Times
February 6, 2014
The Stradivarius may have been recovered in Milwaukee.
Source: NBC News
February 5, 2014
The new movie about the Monuments Men debuts this week.