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: New York Times
February 4, 2014
Volume of Robert Frost’s letters renews debate about his character.
Source: The New Civil Rights Movement
February 4, 2014
“I mean, if the woman who wrote the song, Katharine Lee Bates saw this ad, she would be disgusted, and so would have life partner Katharine Coman, with whom she lived for 25 years, in then what was referred to as a ‘Boston Marriage.’”
Source: Phys.org
February 4, 2014
The researchers obviously can't prove without a shadow of a doubt that the bones they've been studying are indeed those of Charlemagne, but insist that there is a "great likelihood" that they are, based on their research efforts.
Source: Haaretz
February 4, 2014
Woman finds marbles, a doll's tea service and a book given to her for safekeeping by the Jewish girl in 1942.
Source: Phys.org
February 4, 2014
The Khoisan are most familiar to Westerners as the people who speak with distinctive clicking noises.
Source: Washington Post
February 3, 2014
Mondale was recognized as one of the most prominent political spouses of her era.
Source: The Guardian
February 4, 2014
Trial of Pascal Simbikangwa is first case in France linked to the slaughter of 500,000 people after 20-year wait.
Source: Washington Post
February 4, 2014
SNCF is one of the Purple Line bidders.
Source: Washington Post
February 4, 2014
John Paul II's confidant has published personal notes the late pope wanted burned.
Source: Associated Press
February 4, 2014
The Golden Temple massacre was one of India's bloodiest episodes in recent history.
Source: New York Times
February 2, 2014
Chinese folk culture faces pressure in the light of rural development.
Source: New York Times
February 2, 2014
At 93, Edward J. Saylor is one of the few remaining participants in the 1942 Doolittle raid over Tokyo.
Source: New York Times
February 3, 2014
On Tuesday, the Cineteca di Bologna, an
Italian film restoration institute, will release a previously
unpublished novella by Charlie Chaplin.
Source: The Guardian
January 29, 2014
If the U.S. president had had his way, the actor, best known for Spinal
Tap and The Simpsons, might have had a much shorter, more brutal life.
Source: Time Magazine
January 29, 2014
Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan's main public broadcaster, said Japan
was hardly the only nation whose soldiers forced women to work as
prostitutes during World War II.
Source: UPI
January 30, 2014
The U.S. contends a recent Russian missile test violated the treaty.
Source: BBC News
January 29, 2014
The question is trending on Russian social media right now.
Source: BBC News
January 29, 2014
The exchanges took place on Wednesday at a UN Security Council open debate on lessons to be learnt from war.
Source: New York Times
January 29, 2014
Matteo Bastianelli has lived in Sarajevo since 2009, and the pain still lingers from the war.
Source: New York Times
January 30, 2014
The legacy of Neanderthals has endured 30,000 years after their extinction.
