The parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an American captured by the Taliban nearly three years ago, have made an emotional appeal for the Obama administration to make a deal with the insurgents to release him in exchange for Afghan prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Read full article > >

More here:
Family lobbies for soldier to be included in Taliban prisoner swap

The parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an American captured by the Taliban nearly three years ago, have made an emotional appeal for the Obama administration to make a deal with the insurgents to release him in exchange for Afghan prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Read full article > >

Read more:
Family lobbies for soldier to be included in Taliban prisoner swap

The smallest mammoth ever known to have existed roamed the island of Crete millions of years ago, researchers say.

Here is the original post:
Smallest mammoths found on Crete

The Royal Flying Corps came into being 100 years ago and played a key role in World War I. But who were its heroic pilots, and why was the corps so special?

Original post:
The original air aces

Traces of ancient viruses which infected our ancestors millions of years ago are more widespread in us than previously thought.

The rest is here:
Ancient viruses thrive in our DNA

More than 30 years ago, 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished from a Manhattan street on his way to a school bus stop. His parents never saw him again.

See more here:
Missing child case ‘awakened America’

6 years ago Mitt reformed MA health care.

Go here to see the original:
Axelrod: Happy Romneycare Anniversary!

How the islands fell and were recaptured 30 years ago

Continued here:
The Falklands War: Timeline

AUSTIN — Eight years ago, leaders of the University of Texas set out to measure something few in higher education had thought to question — how much their students learn before graduation. An unsettling answer emerged: arguably, not very much. Read full article > >

Original post:
Trying to assess learning gives colleges their own test anxiety

“Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent.” — Mitt Romney, Feb. 4, 2012 Read full article > >

Read more from the original source:
Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama said stimulus would keep unemployment below 8 percent

Even though he officially retired more than 20 years ago and doesn’t receive a paycheck anymore, Judge Allen Beldock, 92, still sits on the Queens Supreme Court bench.

Follow this link:
Judge Allen Beldock, 92, Still on Queens Bench, but Without Pay

David Cameron says radical cleric Abu Qatada should have been deported to Jordan “years ago” and he still wants to see this happen.

View post:
PM: Qatada outcome ‘unacceptable’

Sixty years ago today King George VI died and his 25-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth became Queen.

Read more from the original source:
VIDEO: The day Elizabeth became Queen

Two years ago, Hollywood talent agent Ari Emanuel made a remarkable statement about the future of media. He said he could see a time when certain movies premiered on Facebook instead of in theaters. “For the $150 million movie, you’ll still need to go to Warner Brothers, but for the $25 million movie, probably not,” he said at a San Francisco conference . Read full article > >

Go here to see the original:
How Facebook could remake the entertainment industry

RENO, Nev. — The Republican presidential field heads west to Nevada this week facing a single dominant question: Can anything or anyone block Mitt Romney’s path to the GOP presidential nomination, particularly given his resounding win here four years ago? Read full article > >

Read this article:
Can Mitt Romney be stopped in Nevada?