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: BBC News
10-8-13
Excavations in the Republic of Georgia reveal insights into early hominid dentistry.
Source: Sci-News
9-27-13
Excavations in the Parc
National des Écrins reveal evidence of Mesolithic humans.
Source: New York Times
10-5-13
"Maybe some of us have not paid our taxes," one Greek farmer says, "but
that is nothing compared to what they did."
Source: CBS
10-6-13
Lara Logan reports on a defining moment in the history of U.S. Special Operations: the first battle between American forces and al Qaeda.
Source: Daily Astorian
10-4-13
The government shutdown reaches historical tourists on the coast.
Source: Associated Press
10-4-13
Giap was a national hero whose legacy was second only
to that of his mentor, founding President Ho Chi Minh.
Source: The Atlantic
10-3-2013
A new, large-format book captures the dawn of comics, when the medium
had no rules and its messages were surprisingly irreverent.
Source: BBC News Magazine
10-2-13
Jennifer Teege was shocked to discover her grandfather was a Nazi
concentration camp commandant. Her mother never told her, and as a child
she never knew her father - a Nigerian student with whom her mother had
a brief affair. This is her story.
Source: WGCU (Tampa)
10-3-13
The Robert W. Saunders Senior Library stands athwart history.
Source: New York Daily News
10-3-13
Thursday's fatal shooting in front of the U.S. Capitol building follows in a long tradition.
Source: American Antiquity
8-30-13
Searching for spearheads in the Rio Grande Rift Valley.
Source: Coventry University
10-1-13
Viking culture was surprisingly complex.
Source: LiveScience
9-30-13
The city thrived between 3,300 and 2,900 years ago.
Source: Wall Street Journal
10-2-13
88-year-old Joe McGrain was turned away from the U.S. Air Force museum.
Source: Wall Street Journal
10-2-13
Anja Adriaans is searching for
a copy of "This is Nijmegen."
Source: New York Times
10-1-13
The Budget and Impoundment Control Act set up Congress for an October shutdown.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
10-1-13
The Economy Hub cites Abraham Lincoln as a source of inspiration to create peace in Congress.
Source: Atlanta Black Star
9-26-13
The Atlanta Black Star features slave revolts brushed under the rug in Western textbooks.
Source: CNN.com
10-1-13
The veterans are visiting Washington, D.C. as part of the Honor Flight Network.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
10-1-13
What to expect from here.
