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
November 18, 2013
Meet Cornelius Gurlitt, the man who sat on a hoard of nearly 1,200 paintings seized by the Nazis.
Source: New York Times
November 15, 2013
Oldest book in America to be auctioned.
Source: Washington Post
November 15, 2013
The Harrisburg Patriot-News apologizes for calling the Gettysburg Address "silly" in 1863.
Source: New York Times
November 14, 2013
The Kennedy family won't let the public see the pink suit Jackie wore on Nov. 22, 1963 until 2103.
Source: The Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi)
November 15, 2013
Clyde Kennard's portrait was unveiled Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Source: The Independent
November 13, 2013
The plaster mask was sold for £175,000 to an overseas buyer earlier this year by a descendant of the brother of its original owner.
Source: Dallas Morning News
November 2, 2013
As Kennedy flew into Dallas on that fateful morning of November 22, 1963, Richard Nixon flew out.
Source: Huffington Post
November 14, 2013
'They were trying to airbrush me out of their history, like the Kremlin."
Source: Nature
November 13, 2013
Two studies show that larger groups of people are better at maintaining and improving cultural knowledge.
Source: BBC News
November 14, 2013
Their chosen names were influenced by an ever changing mix of language, culture and our understanding of chemistry.
Source: Houston Chronicle
November 12, 2013
The study evaluated data on forty-two presidents.
Source: Time Magazine
November 13, 2013
The director is helming a new project: a biopic of MLK.
Source: Associated Press
November 13, 2013
3D scans include the Wright Flyer and a Revolutionary War gunboat.
Source: The Telegraph
November 14, 2013
Minister Keheliya Rambukwella made the statement after Cameron called for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes in the country.
Source: The Guardian
November 13, 2013
The new project is directed by Grand Theft Auto creative Navid Khonsari and voiced by Argo and Homeland cast members.
Source: Associated Press
November 14, 2013
40,000 hours of content is being digitized to become the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Source: Public Radio International
November 11, 2013
Henry Tandey could have killed a wounded Hitler in World War I. But he didn't.
Source: The Guardian
November 12, 2013
The extraordinary tale of the Nazi art thieves believed to have stashed the world's most famous painting in an alpine salt mine.
Source: The Guardian
November 12, 2013
University of Southampton team finds evidence explaining why opulent Roman empire port was dismantled in 6th century.
Source: National Public Radio
November 12, 2013
Brazil has what may be the world's largest archive of photography of slavery.
