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
12-9-13
A new ad campaign in Los Angeles highlights famous figures from history who may have been autistic.
Source: New York Times
12-11-13
The attendees included South African president Jacob Zuma, Barack Obama, and Raul Castro
Source: ABC News
12-5-13
The former South African president had been hospitalized since June.
Source: Associated Press
12-3-13
Johnson's two daughters, Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda
Johnson Robb, attended the presentation of the award.
Source: Huffington Post
12-5-13
The document used to be in the collection of Springsteen's former manager, Mike Appel.
Source: Wall Street Journal
12-4-13
Medical file and discharge summary discovered in 2009.
Source: Wall Street Journal
12-4-13
The Eureka flag was raised against colonial rule in 1854 and has been a symbol of Australian democracy ever since.
Source: Associated Press
12-4-13
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has received a $1
million grant to launch a long-term initiative to digitize and preserve
recordings of endangered languages.
Source: Religion News Service
12-4-13
The Vatican Library and Oxford's Bodleian Library are teaming up.
Source: Washington Post
12-4-13
An 85-year-old U.S.
veteran being held in North Korea spent his war years there in one of
the Army’s first Special Forces units.
Source: New York Times
12-5-13
Aussaresses admitted that he coldbloodedly tortured and summarily executed dozens of prisoners during the Algerian War.
Source: New York Times
12-5-13
The new discovery is the oldest known fossil of the hominid Denisovan.
Source: Military.com
12-4-13
Heffron was a paratrooper in Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune
12-4-13
The report also advocates developing preservation programs.
Source: Scientific American
12-4-13
To predict and prevent the collapse of streets in Rome, geoscientists mapped high-risk areas of the quarry system.
Source: National Public Radio
12-2-13
A Seminole named Polly Parker
organized and led an escape from federal troops more than 150 years ago.
Source: Phys.org
12-2-13
A fossil leaf fragment of Potomacapnos apeleutheron was originally discovered by freedmen in 1864.
Source: Washington Post
12-1-13
She refused to give bus seat to white man 58 years ago December 1.
Source: Boston Globe
11-24-13
RFK responded to his brother's assassination with crippling grief and growing suspicions.
Source: Al Jazeera
12-2-13
Destruction of 1,200-year-old temple outrages Malaysians online.
