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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/News and human interest about historyen-usMon, 06 Oct 2008 16:43:06 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bg/Uus-oldrotation.RSey_IO6.htmlwed/bg/Uus-oldrotation.RSey_IO6.html1223310898Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:58 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bg/Uus-oldrotation.RSey_IO6.html"></a>MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A 112-year U.S. cotton experiment shows winter legumes are as effective as nitrogen fertilizer in producing similar cotton crops.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bg/Uus-oldrotation.RSey_IO6.html">Legumes: Good lasting nitrogen fertilizer</a><br />MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A 112-year U.S. cotton experiment shows winter legumes are as effective as nitrogen fertilizer in producing similar cotton crops.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ay/Uus-wildfires.RkXt_ISP.htmlwed/ay/Uus-wildfires.RkXt_ISP.html1222372488Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ay/Uus-wildfires.RkXt_ISP.html"></a>EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and European scientists say there was a dramatic decline in wildfires from 1870 to 1970, following a period of increased fires between 1750 and 1870.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ay/Uus-wildfires.RkXt_ISP.html">History of worldwide wildfires is studied</a><br />EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and European scientists say there was a dramatic decline in wildfires from 1870 to 1970, following a period of increased fires between 1750 and 1870.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Ubritain-cropdevelopment.Ro1V_ISN.htmlwed/cu/Ubritain-cropdevelopment.Ro1V_ISN.html1222197287Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:14:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Ubritain-cropdevelopment.Ro1V_ISN.html"></a>COVENTRY, England, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've created a mathematical model that shows crop development on Earth started much earlier than had been thought.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Ubritain-cropdevelopment.Ro1V_ISN.html">Crop development timetable is pushed back</a><br />COVENTRY, England, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've created a mathematical model that shows crop development on Earth started much earlier than had been thought.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Uus-politics-palin-ahmadinejad.RWFu_ISJ.htmlwed/cu/Uus-politics-palin-ahmadinejad.RWFu_ISJ.html1221867887Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:44:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Uus-politics-palin-ahmadinejad.RWFu_ISJ.html"></a>BLAINE, Minn., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Friday that if Iran develops nuclear weapons it could lead to a "second Holocaust."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Uus-politics-palin-ahmadinejad.RWFu_ISJ.html">Palin warns of 'second Holocaust'</a><br />BLAINE, Minn., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Friday that if Iran develops nuclear weapons it could lead to a "second Holocaust."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ax/Ubritain-shipwreck.Rtuf_ISI.htmlwed/ax/Ubritain-shipwreck.Rtuf_ISI.html1221764087Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ax/Ubritain-shipwreck.Rtuf_ISI.html"></a>LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Two divers say they have found the wreck of the Nancy, a vessel bound from India to London that sank in 1784 off the Scilly Isles.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ax/Ubritain-shipwreck.Rtuf_ISI.html">Divers find 1784 British shipwreck</a><br />LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Two divers say they have found the wreck of the Nancy, a vessel bound from India to London that sank in 1784 off the Scilly Isles.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cs/Ubritain-ancientman.RK8r_ISH.htmlwed/cs/Ubritain-ancientman.RK8r_ISH.html1221680688Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:44:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cs/Ubritain-ancientman.RK8r_ISH.html"></a>YORK, England, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Scientists say a skeleton discovered in a shallow grave at the University of York might be that of one of Britain's earliest victims of tuberculosis.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cs/Ubritain-ancientman.RK8r_ISH.html">Remains of fourth century TB victim found</a><br />YORK, England, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Scientists say a skeleton discovered in a shallow grave at the University of York might be that of one of Britain's earliest victims of tuberculosis.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Ugermany-nazitrial.RjKb_ISF.htmlwed/cu/Ugermany-nazitrial.RjKb_ISF.html1221510289Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:24:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Ugermany-nazitrial.RjKb_ISF.html"></a>MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old former German officer who went on trial in Munich Monday for alleged Nazi war crimes says he's not guilty of ordering the killings of civilians.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cu/Ugermany-nazitrial.RjKb_ISF.html">90-year-old ex-Nazi faces trial</a><br />MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old former German officer who went on trial in Munich Monday for alleged Nazi war crimes says he's not guilty of ordering the killings of civilians.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cd/Uus-miamifort.RhDD_ISF.htmlwed/cd/Uus-miamifort.RhDD_ISF.html1221509697Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:14:57 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cd/Uus-miamifort.RhDD_ISF.html"></a>CINCINNATI, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have refuted a long-accepted historical theory: Miami Fort near Cincinnati was not really a fort but rather an ancient water works and dam.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cd/Uus-miamifort.RhDD_ISF.html">Study: Miami Fort not a fort, but a dam</a><br />CINCINNATI, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have refuted a long-accepted historical theory: Miami Fort near Cincinnati was not really a fort but rather an ancient water works and dam.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dl/Uus-jfk.Roo8_ISE.htmlwed/dl/Uus-jfk.Roo8_ISE.html1221431087Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:24:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dl/Uus-jfk.Roo8_ISE.html"></a>DALLAS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- New bullet analysis casts doubt on the lone gunman theory in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dl/Uus-jfk.Roo8_ISE.html">JFK study questions lone gunman theory</a><br />DALLAS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- New bullet analysis casts doubt on the lone gunman theory in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/am/Usweden-vikings.ROun_ISC.htmlwed/am/Usweden-vikings.ROun_ISC.html1221272088Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/am/Usweden-vikings.ROun_ISC.html"></a>ORERBRO, Sweden, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Researchers said six graves uncovered in central Sweden likely date back to the Viking era of the 11th century.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/am/Usweden-vikings.ROun_ISC.html">Viking graves date to 11th century</a><br />ORERBRO, Sweden, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Researchers said six graves uncovered in central Sweden likely date back to the Viking era of the 11th century.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/du/Uus-politics-obama-race.Rm8U_ISB.htmlwed/du/Uus-politics-obama-race.Rm8U_ISB.html1221163499Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:04:59 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/du/Uus-politics-obama-race.Rm8U_ISB.html"></a>CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A University of Illinois historian who specializes in racial issues said that Barack Obama's election wouldn't bring a "post-racial" United States.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/du/Uus-politics-obama-race.Rm8U_ISB.html">Historian: No 'post-racial' U.S.</a><br />CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A University of Illinois historian who specializes in racial issues said that Barack Obama's election wouldn't bring a "post-racial" United States.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aa/Uus-nasa.RKjc_ISB.htmlwed/aa/Uus-nasa.RKjc_ISB.html1221144888Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aa/Uus-nasa.RKjc_ISB.html"></a>BOSTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will help kick off the agency's next "Future Forum" -- part of NASA's 50th anniversary celebration.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aa/Uus-nasa.RKjc_ISB.html">NASA to hold Boston 'Future Forum'</a><br />BOSTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will help kick off the agency's next "Future Forum" -- part of NASA's 50th anniversary celebration.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Upoland-nazimemorabilia.RahB_IS3.htmlwed/cq/Upoland-nazimemorabilia.RahB_IS3.html1220475899Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:04:59 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Upoland-nazimemorabilia.RahB_IS3.html"></a>WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Polish prosecutors say they are investigating allegations a company is illegally selling Nazi-era memorabilia for resale in Germany.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Upoland-nazimemorabilia.RahB_IS3.html">Poland investigates Nazi insignia sales</a><br />WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Polish prosecutors say they are investigating allegations a company is illegally selling Nazi-era memorabilia for resale in Germany.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Uus-reactor.RtTa_IaP.htmlwed/af/Uus-reactor.RtTa_IaP.html1219693488Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:44:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Uus-reactor.RtTa_IaP.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. officials Monday officially designated the "B reactor" at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as a historic landmark.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Uus-reactor.RtTa_IaP.html">Nuke reactor designated historic landmark</a><br />WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. officials Monday officially designated the "B reactor" at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as a historic landmark.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bt/Usweden-hitlertv.RwNZ_IaN.htmlwed/bt/Usweden-hitlertv.RwNZ_IaN.html1219506290Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:44:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bt/Usweden-hitlertv.RwNZ_IaN.html"></a>STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Swedish oversight group says it has received complaints that TV host Rickard Olsson invoked the Nazi party while discussing German Olympians on live TV.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bt/Usweden-hitlertv.RwNZ_IaN.html">Nazi comment lands host in hot water</a><br />STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A Swedish oversight group says it has received complaints that TV host Rickard Olsson invoked the Nazi party while discussing German Olympians on live TV.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ds/Uus-lauguages.RycL_IaK.htmlwed/ds/Uus-lauguages.RycL_IaK.html1219260287Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:24:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ds/Uus-lauguages.RycL_IaK.html"></a>SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A San Francisco foundation has unveiled five glass balls containing information on 1,500 languages, preserving them for history.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ds/Uus-lauguages.RycL_IaK.html">Foundation unveils record of languages</a><br />SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A San Francisco foundation has unveiled five glass balls containing information on 1,500 languages, preserving them for history.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Usweden-holocaust.R-OZ_IaK.htmlwed/cq/Usweden-holocaust.R-OZ_IaK.html1219245288Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Usweden-holocaust.R-OZ_IaK.html"></a>STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Swedish government agency says a majority of teachers in the country have an inadequate knowledge of the World War II Holocaust.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Usweden-holocaust.R-OZ_IaK.html">Swedish teachers lack Holocaust facts</a><br />STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Swedish government agency says a majority of teachers in the country have an inadequate knowledge of the World War II Holocaust.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ai/Ubritain-villa.RukV_IaJ.htmlwed/ai/Ubritain-villa.RukV_IaJ.html1219181086Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:24:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ai/Ubritain-villa.RukV_IaJ.html"></a>BRADING, England, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Roman historical site on the Isle of Wight in Britain, dismissed by Victorian-era excavators as a barn, has turned out to be a large Roman villa.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ai/Ubritain-villa.RukV_IaJ.html">High-status Roman villa found in England</a><br />BRADING, England, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Roman historical site on the Isle of Wight in Britain, dismissed by Victorian-era excavators as a barn, has turned out to be a large Roman villa.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dq/Uus-turinshroud.R46D_IaH.htmlwed/dq/Uus-turinshroud.R46D_IaH.html1218992085Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:54:45 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dq/Uus-turinshroud.R46D_IaH.html"></a>COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A couple in Colorado Springs, Colo., has alleged the accepted radiocarbon dating of the famed Shroud of Turin is inaccurate.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dq/Uus-turinshroud.R46D_IaH.html">Shroud of Turin dating disputed by couple</a><br />COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A couple in Colorado Springs, Colo., has alleged the accepted radiocarbon dating of the famed Shroud of Turin is inaccurate.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Uisrael-temple.RkVL_IaC.htmlwed/af/Uisrael-temple.RkVL_IaC.html1218556487Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Uisrael-temple.RkVL_IaC.html"></a>JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli archeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of a second century Roman temple in the Zippori National Park in northern Israel.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Uisrael-temple.RkVL_IaC.html">Roman temple ruins discovered in Israel</a><br />JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli archeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of a second century Roman temple in the Zippori National Park in northern Israel.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/di/Uus-embassybombings.R0ES_Ia7.htmlwed/di/Uus-embassybombings.R0ES_Ia7.html1218124487Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/di/Uus-embassybombings.R0ES_Ia7.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marked the anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania saying they didn't "destroy our spirit."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/di/Uus-embassybombings.R0ES_Ia7.html">Rice: Bombings didn't destroy spirit</a><br />WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marked the anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania saying they didn't "destroy our spirit."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/by/Uus-nasa-video.RHhK_Ia5.htmlwed/by/Uus-nasa-video.RHhK_Ia5.html1217964892Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:34:52 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/by/Uus-nasa-video.RHhK_Ia5.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says it will telecast video highlights from U.S. spaceflight history as part of its 50th anniversary.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/by/Uus-nasa-video.RHhK_Ia5.html">NASA to air historical video in high def</a><br />WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says it will telecast video highlights from U.S. spaceflight history as part of its 50th anniversary.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cb/Urussia-solzhenitsyn-reax.R7G1_Ia4.htmlwed/cb/Urussia-solzhenitsyn-reax.R7G1_Ia4.html1217862919Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:15:19 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cb/Urussia-solzhenitsyn-reax.R7G1_Ia4.html"></a>MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Current and former Russian leaders say Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died Sunday, was a courageous freedom fighter who changed Russia by exposing its dark past.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cb/Urussia-solzhenitsyn-reax.R7G1_Ia4.html">Russian leaders praise Solzhenitsyn</a><br />MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Current and former Russian leaders say Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died Sunday, was a courageous freedom fighter who changed Russia by exposing its dark past.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cp/Uwales-greekcomputer.RTp3_IlV.htmlwed/cp/Uwales-greekcomputer.RTp3_IlV.html1217553291Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:14:51 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cp/Uwales-greekcomputer.RTp3_IlV.html"></a>CARDIFF, Wales, July 31 (UPI) -- An ancient Greek mechanical device regarded by some experts as the world's first computer may have predicted solar eclipses, studies indicate.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cp/Uwales-greekcomputer.RTp3_IlV.html">Ancient device may have predicted eclipses</a><br />CARDIFF, Wales, July 31 (UPI) -- An ancient Greek mechanical device regarded by some experts as the world's first computer may have predicted solar eclipses, studies indicate.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bd/Uus-bush-integration.RbZG_IlN.htmlwed/bd/Uus-bush-integration.RbZG_IlN.html1216858488Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bd/Uus-bush-integration.RbZG_IlN.html"></a>WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- President George Bush issued a proclamation Wednesday marking the integration of the U.S. Armed Forces 60 years ago this week.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bd/Uus-bush-integration.RbZG_IlN.html">U.S. armed forces integrated 60 years ago</a><br />WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- President George Bush issued a proclamation Wednesday marking the integration of the U.S. Armed Forces 60 years ago this week.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)