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
October 19, 2013
Foley presided over the House from 1989 to 1994.
Source: University of Queensland
October 18, 2013
The Pitch Drop Experiment is basically a lump of pitch in a glass funnel.
Source: The Economist
October 9, 2013
The two soldiers had evidently fallen at the Battle
of Presena in May 1918 and were buried in a crevasse.
Source: BBC News
October 16, 2013
The BBC has revealed how it plans to mark the centenary of World War I.
Source: Wall Street Journal
October 14, 2013
The
current trial is just one of several planned.
Source: Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2013
Stone will be working with Jamie Foxx on the project.
Source: Wall Street Journal
October 16, 2013
It took years for Dallas to overcome its legacy as the "City of Hate."
Source: New York Times
October 12, 2013
Monica Macías calls herself the daughter of dictators. Two of them: Francisco Macías Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, and Kim Il-sung of North Korea.
Source: New York Times
October 16, 2013
The donation is part of an effort to make Prokofiev more accessible to scholars.
Source: New York Times
October 17, 2013
Some Maoist supporters downplay number of deaths from Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.
Source: New York Times
October 18, 2013
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe apparently wished to avoid angering Japan's Asian neighbors.
Source: University of South Carolina
October 15, 2013
The law diploma earned by the University of South Carolina’s first African-American faculty member is back at USC.
Source: New York Times
October 12, 2013
The New York Times likens Daniel Snyder to George C. Wallace in his decision to keep the name "Washington Redskins" in the N.F.L.
Source: Associated Press
October 11, 2013
The 38 acres are scheduled to be sold Oct. 31.
Source: Associated Press
October 10, 2013
Carpenter's death leaves John Glenn as the only member of the Mercury Seven still living.
Source: Associated Press
October 11, 2013
Priebke carried out a massacre during the German occupation of Italy in 1944.
Source: Associated Press
October 12, 2013
Some Vietnamese question if another leader will be respected like him.
Source: Associated Press
October 13, 2013
Museum dedicated to genre’s history to be built in Missouri.
Source: Associated Press
October 14, 2013
The museum had unveiled a plaster life mask Armstrong made in 1950s.
Source: New York Times
October 9, 2013
‘So I Told Hitler’ and Other Film Re-Enactments
