RICHMOND, Va. - A new round of DNA tests that death penalty opponents believed might finally prove that an innocent man was executed in the United States confirmed instead that Roger Keith Coleman was guilty when he went to the electric chair in 1992. (Read on …)
The rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun have served as the basis for timekeeping since the dawn of history. The day was divided into 24 hours, each of 60 minutes, each of 60 seconds.
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A rich vein of city records from Sept. 11, including more than 12,000 pages of oral histories rendered in the voices of 503 firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, were made public on Aug. 12. The New York Times has published all of them.
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Using Google maps to highlight submissions from witnesses and survivors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Submissions include photos taken and personal accounts of the attacks.
For the first time since the 1970s, a NASA spacecraft will get clear pictures of Apollo relics on the Moon. In 2008 NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will carry a powerful modern camera into low orbit over the Moon’s surface.read more | digg story –>
In a Vanity Fair exclusive interview, W. Mark Felt, formerly second-in-command at the F.B.I., says “I’m The Guy They Called Deep Throat”. Deep Throat was the informant for Woodward and Bernstein that brought President Nixon down, and his true identity has been a mystery for three decades and the subject of much speculation.
“Deep Throat, the secret source whose insider guidance was vital to The Washington Post’s groundbreaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, was a pillar of the FBI named W. Mark Felt, The Post confirmed.” washingtonpost.com — Watergate, Deep Throat, Woodward, Bernstein
It is entertaining to read people’s theories on who they thought Deep Throat was. People have done college studies and written books that are all wrong and can be moved to the fiction section now. –>