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Today in History - Sept. 7

Today is Sunday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2008. There are 115 days left in the year.

Today in History - Sept. 2

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 2, the 246th day of 2008. There are 120 days left in the year.

Conventions don't have to be cut and dry

Even as stage-managed an event as a political convention can sometimes manage to upstage conventionality.

Today in History - Aug. 25

Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 2008. There are 128 days left in the year.

Kosher crises, scandals not new

Kosher food production has a long and complex history in the U.S. and elsewhere. The latest chapter is in Postville, Iowa, where Agriprocessors, the nation's biggest kosher slaughterhouse, is accused of employing underage workers and where 389 undocumented employees were arrested. Some key developments in the kosher business:

Today in History - Aug. 17

Today is Sunday, Aug. 17, the 230th day of 2008. There are 136 days left in the year.

Today in History - Aug. 9

Today is Saturday, Aug. 9, the 222nd day of 2008. There are 144 days left in the year.

Today in History - August 1

Today is Friday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2008. There are 152 days left in the year.

Today in History - July 24

Today is Thursday, July 24, the 206th day of 2008. There are 160 days left in the year.

Architect sought for national black history museum

The Smithsonian Institution issued a call for architects Thursday to submit their qualifications for a competition to build the newest museum on the National Mall, which will be dedicated to black history.

Today in History - July 16

Today is Wednesday, July 16, the 198th day of 2008. There are 168 days left in the year.

History of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe

Highlights of the history of Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe:

Today in History - July 9

Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 191st day of 2008. There are 175 days left in the year.

America: At the edge of history once again?

One day this past January, Mary Kim Titla's parents left their home on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona and drove across the desert to Phoenix with a single purpose in mind — getting an up-close glimpse of a long shot named Barack Obama.

Today in History - July 1

Today is Tuesday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2008. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day.

Berlin Airlift a Cold War turning point

On June 26, 1948, when the Berlin Airlift began, chances of success seemed slim and its significance was unclear. But it is now regarded as the first battle of the Cold War — one that marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union's European ambitions and to this day shapes the German view of the U.S. and Britain.

Austin: A trio of favorites at Wimbledon

Who will be this summer’s Queen of England? That’s not a royalty-related question – but rather a tennis one as in which woman will win the singles title at Wimbledon?

Ventre: Tiger's injury more serious for PGA's livelihood

It’s like the hangover after the celebration. It’s vintage bottles of Dom Perignon and euphoria followed by a massive headache.

Opinion: Tiger turns into 'monster' Mediate must face

SAN DIEGO - When Tiger Woods produced one more piece of magic, when his 12-foot putt rolled into the 72nd cup of the U.S. Open on Sunday for a playoff-inducing birdie, Rocco Mediate immediately knew the ramifications. "I’m playing against a monster tomorrow," he said.

Today in History - June 23

Today is Monday, June 23, the 174th day of 2008. There are 191 days left in the year.

Today in History - June 15

Today is Sunday, June 15, the 167th day of 2008. There are 199 days left in the year. This is Father's Day.

America: At the edge of history once again?

One day this past January, Mary Kim Titla's parents left their home on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona and drove across the desert to Phoenix with a single purpose in mind — getting an up-close glimpse of a long shot named Barack Obama.

Examples of past war propaganda

Past efforts by the government to try to sway American voters on military operations:

Today in History - June 7

Today is Saturday, June 7, the 159th day of 2008. There are 207 days left in the year.

5Top: Best ‘Sex and the City’ episodes

“Ex and the City†(season 2)Season two culminated with the best episode in “Sex and the City’s†history. Samantha encountered Mr. Too Big, and decided to take him on as a challenge. Miranda reunited with Steve — after first running away from him on the street. And Carrie decided to be friends with Big, only to find out that he was engaged to Natasha (“the idiot stick figure with no soulâ€). In a pivotal scene, the girls commiserated over cocktails, and Carrie realized that she was like the Barbra Streisand character (Ka-Ka-Ka-Katie) from “The Way We Were.†Miranda, Carrie and Charlotte broke into song, and Carrie began to see that she was a complicated woman — and that Natasha was just more simple. Carrie went to where Big’s engagement party was being held and the two of them met on the street (just like Katie and Hubbell did in “The Way We Wereâ€). “Yo

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Civil War Wounds In Spain

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The old disputes over the civil war are back - only this time Spain´s superhero Judge Garzón has picked up the case and is taking on the Bishops. the Military and the Mayor of Granada ...and anyone else who dares to stand in his way.

Belated apology for Apartheid casualty

Source: BBC News

In 1968 the BBC's Africa Editor Martin Plaut was one of 600 students at the University of Cape Town protesting because black lecturer Archie Mafeje had been denied a teaching post there.

Friedrich Nietsche: A Nice Guy

I have spent a lot of time around the writings of Nietsche. I loved Thus Spake Zarathustra when I discovered it in a library at an art college the old bag I was being exploited by was taking expensive, and in her case, frivolous, art lessons.

BEFORE COLUMBUS: Vikings and Templar Knights in the Northeast

Source: ancientgreece-earlyamerica.com

North America's transatlantic history begins with a long Native period of discovery, exploration, adaptation, and intelligent evolution. These maps show you the general shape of the Eastern American and Western European worlds as the second transatlantic period opens.

The Iraq War and Similarities With an Earlier Conflict

Source: hnn.us

An Interesting insight into a little known story of the Mexican-American war being highlighted in comparison with present US-Iraq war.

Onion cornerstone of tasty dishes

Source: auburnpub.com

Cooking without onions is like leaving your house without any underwear on. You can get away with it, but are you sure you want to?

At OpEdNews: So How Many Poor Vietnamese Did McCain's Bombs Kill in 23 Runs?

Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

Given all the praise heaped upon McCain, the bomber of Hanoi, this is a natural question - especially for millions of us who remember the inexpressible shamefulness of this genocidal war on the agrarian Asian population of a brutal French colony that suffered Japanese occupation  …

Timeline: A History of Privacy in America

Source: Sciam

Americans paradoxically combine an unquenchable curiosity with an insistance on being left alone

Phallic Figurines Found in Israel Stone Age Burials

Source: National Geographic

Prehistoric graves with an unusual abundance of phallic figurines and oddly arranged human remains have been found in Israel, archaeologists announced recently. Near Nazerat (Nazareth), the Stone Age site, called Kfar HaHoresh, dates to between 8,500 and 6,750 B.C.

Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital

Source: Yahoo! News

Russian archaeologists said Wednesday they had found the long-lost capital of the Khazar kingdom in southern Russia, a breakthrough for research on the ancient Jewish state.

Original Intent: No God in the Constitution

Source: MotherJones.com

"Revisionist rhetoric notwithstanding, the founders left God out of the Constitution–and it wasn't an oversight." An in-depth look at the writing of the Constitution, and the founding fathers' intentional omission of "God".

Huge tribute to Lenin visible on Google Earth

Source: Telegraph

A giant tribute to the former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin made from thousands of trees has been spotted on Google Earth.

Valley of Tears - TIME

Source: TIME

Time has shown that Kashmir was forcibly occupied by India, just as Israel has subjugated the Palestinians. Both with the support of the Anglo-European nations.

Na na na nana na na...Melendez is Dead

The guy who became famous on Charles Shulz's coat-tails by animating the clever gang of common American sylogisms has died. I think the crawl I saw it on said he was 91.

Midwife at Auschwitz; The story of Stanislawa Leczynska

Source: Catholic Insight

Lesson for Dr. Morgentaler: Where darkness abounds, grace abounds still more.

Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital

Source: abc.net.au

Russian archaeologists say they have found the long-lost capital of the Khazar kingdom in southern Russia, a breakthrough for research on the ancient Jewish state.

Hendrix's burnt guitar at auction

Source: BBC News

The first guitar burned on stage by Jimi Hendrix is to go on sale at an auction of rock memorabilia in London. It is thought the instrument could sell for as much as £500,000.

Queen Victoria's stockings sold

Source: news.sbs.com.au

A pair of Queen Victoria's stockings has sold for STG8,000 ($A17,000).

Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?

Source: National Geographic

Deep inside an underwater cave in Mexico, archaeologists may have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas.

Historic stage route celebrated with activities and stops

Source: news-leader.com

An original stagecoach that carried mail from Springfield to Arizona as part of the Overland Mail Company's route from St.

Honey Of A Discovery

Source: sciencenews.org

The Bible refers to ancient Israel as the "land flowing with milk and honey," so it's fitting that one of its towns milked honey for all it was worth.

Native burial grounds near Tisch Mills may include Viking ship

Source: The Green Bay Press-Gazette

A 200-acre wooded site west of Tisch Mills guards its secrets well. Maybe that's what its original inhabitants intended.

Book reveals Roald Dahl's secret mission

Source: MSNBC

In Jennet Conant's new book, "The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington," she explores the time �the classic author was assigned to be a diplomat in Washington D.C.

Space Race History in the O.C. (Part I)

This is the first in a series of articles that hopefully will shine a light on the forgotten and ignored space related locations here in Orange County, California. People in the O.C.

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