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Machu Picchu (old peak) The Lost Sacred City (photo essay)
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Photo Essay: Machu Picchu By Norbert 40 Comments On the 24 th of July 2011, we celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu by the American archeologist...
Remembering John Adams' Words by Perrie Halpern
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On the 2nd of July 1776, John Adams faced a terrible dilemma. With John Hancock decision that all 13 colonies must vote for "Yea" for independence, Adams would either have to remove the heavily...
Pro-Independence Propaganda from the American Revolution
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During the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere were among the people who created stunning pieces of art that inspired the fight for America's independence. These intricate pieces...
70 Historical Photos You Should See -- VIDEO
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I found this on CNN, and thought it was VERY good! For some of these, I remember the events, but not the pictures themselves. Others, I couldn't possibly remember the events! But all of them were,...
Hiroshima And Nagasaki: Still Justified 70 Years Later
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A mushroom cloud rises above Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. Newscom View Enlarged ImageAug. 6 marks one of America's most important anniversaries, remarkable for what happened on that date in...
Maria Tallchief, America's First Prima Ballerina - American Indians in Ballet
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Maria Tallchief was American's first Prima Ballerina. Tallchief the daughter of an Osage Chief conquered the ballet world with her beauty and grace. She and her sister Majorie Tallchief founded...
Mary G. Ross, Pioneering American Indian Engineer - Lockheed Missiles and Space
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Mary G. Ross August 9, 1908 - April 29, 2008 By Mary Ouimette-Kinney Mary G. Ross, the first Native American female engineer, graduated from Northeastern State College (now Northeastern...
HUGE Win for Conservatives That Nobody Knows About
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While conservatives agonize over the dismantling of America by an out of control President and activist Supreme Court, there is something BIG to celebrate this summer.According to The Wall Street...
Renaming Mount McKinley Obama's Insult To Competence
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McKinley: All competenceMcKinley: All competence View Enlarged ImagePolitics: President Obama says he's changing the name of Alaska's Mt. McKinley to Denali. Given President McKinley's record on...
Obama is right: 'Islam has always been part of America'
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As Congress is on the verge of giving President Obama his Iran Deal, including a payoff of $150 billion dollars to Irans terror regime, they might do well to contrast our founding fathers with the...
Rise and fall of the 7th-13th century Srivijaya empire
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Rise and fall of the 7th-13th century Srivijaya empire --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I catch an RSS feed called " Maps on the Web ", that has...
The typical male U.S. worker earned less in 2014 than in 1973
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The typical man with a full-time job the one at the statistical middle of the middle earned $50,383 last year, the Census Bureau reported this week. The typical man with a full-time job in...
What Do You Think the Chances Are that Jeffrey M. Lacker Is Right in 2015?
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Jeffrey M. Lacker , sole dissenter from the Federal Reserve's decision last week to keep the interest rates it controls unchanged: I dissented because I believe that an increase in our...
Researchers: Salmon fishing goes back to last ice age
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Researchers; Salmon fishing goes back to last ice age Researchers in Alaska have verified that humans consumed salmon even during the last ice age as they verify ancient evidence of salmon...
The history of interracial sex: It's much more than just rape or romance.
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South African comic Trevor Noah will take the helm of The Daily Show, replacing longtime host Jon Stewart, beginningSept. 28. (Los Angeles Times) By Carina Ray When South...
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