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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/News and human interest about historyen-usFri Mar 19 18:03:02 20102880MY USTI.NET News12336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif Raptor could provide evolutionary clueshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ap/Uus-raptor.Rt4m_KMJ.htmlwed/ap/Uus-raptor.Rt4m_KMJ.html1269021286Fri Mar 19 17:54:46 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ap/Uus-raptor.Rt4m_KMJ.html"></a>WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- A new relative of the Velociraptor discovered in China could provide clues to the evolution of the entire Dromaeosauridae family, a U.S. paleontologist said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ap/Uus-raptor.Rt4m_KMJ.html">Raptor could provide evolutionary clues</a> WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- A new relative of the Velociraptor discovered in China could provide clues to the evolution of the entire Dromaeosauridae family, a U.S. paleontologist said. (UPI) Oldest temple in the world found in Turkeyhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ax/Uturkey-temple.R8hw_KMH.htmlwed/ax/Uturkey-temple.R8hw_KMH.html1268857488Wed Mar 17 20:24:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ax/Uturkey-temple.R8hw_KMH.html"></a>ANKARA, Turkey, March 17 (UPI) -- Archaeologists say a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ax/Uturkey-temple.R8hw_KMH.html">Oldest temple in the world found in Turkey</a> ANKARA, Turkey, March 17 (UPI) -- Archaeologists say a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered. (UPI) ESA names 3rd ATV after Edoardo Amaldihttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bc/Ueurope-esa.RnoF_KMG.htmlwed/bc/Ueurope-esa.RnoF_KMG.html1268748888Tue Mar 16 14:14:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bc/Ueurope-esa.RnoF_KMG.html"></a>PARIS, March 16 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says the third of its Automated Transfer Vehicles has been named after the late Italian physicist and space pioneer Edoardo Amaldi. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bc/Ueurope-esa.RnoF_KMG.html">ESA names 3rd ATV after Edoardo Amaldi</a> PARIS, March 16 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says the third of its Automated Transfer Vehicles has been named after the late Italian physicist and space pioneer Edoardo Amaldi. (UPI) A dome away from home is deconstructedhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/df/Uus-dome.RuMV_KMA.htmlwed/df/Uus-dome.RuMV_KMA.html1268252088Wed Mar 10 20:14:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/df/Uus-dome.RuMV_KMA.html"></a>WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- After more than 30 years of service, the iconic dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has been deconstructed for possible display in a U.S. Navy museum. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/df/Uus-dome.RuMV_KMA.html">A dome away from home is deconstructed</a> WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- After more than 30 years of service, the iconic dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has been deconstructed for possible display in a U.S. Navy museum. (UPI) 3 teachers suspended in black history flaphttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Uus-blackhistory.Rq0u_KM3.htmlwed/cq/Uus-blackhistory.Rq0u_KM3.html1267679688Thu Mar 4 05:14:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Uus-blackhistory.Rq0u_KM3.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 3 (UPI) -- Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers have been suspended over a Black History Month event that celebrated O.J. Simpson, education officials said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Uus-blackhistory.Rq0u_KM3.html">3 teachers suspended in black history flap</a> LOS ANGELES, March 3 (UPI) -- Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers have been suspended over a Black History Month event that celebrated O.J. Simpson, education officials said. (UPI) Life term sought for ex-Nazi in slayingshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/db/Ugermany-nazi.RXzG_KM3.htmlwed/db/Ugermany-nazi.RXzG_KM3.html1267643688Wed Mar 3 19:14:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/db/Ugermany-nazi.RXzG_KM3.html"></a>AACHEN, Germany, March 3 (UPI) -- A German prosecutor called for a life prison sentence for a former Nazi SS officer involved in the deaths of some 50 Dutch civilians during World War II. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/db/Ugermany-nazi.RXzG_KM3.html">Life term sought for ex-Nazi in slayings</a> AACHEN, Germany, March 3 (UPI) -- A German prosecutor called for a life prison sentence for a former Nazi SS officer involved in the deaths of some 50 Dutch civilians during World War II. (UPI) Giant ancient Egyptian sculpture foundhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cm/Uegypt-sculpture.RBwW_KM1.htmlwed/cm/Uegypt-sculpture.RBwW_KM1.html1267459519Mon Mar 1 16:05:19 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cm/Uegypt-sculpture.RBwW_KM1.html"></a>LUXOR, Egypt, March 1 (UPI) -- An Egyptian-European anthropology team says it has found a giant sculpture of the head of King Amenhotep III at a funerary temple in Egypt's Kom El-Hettan area. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cm/Uegypt-sculpture.RBwW_KM1.html">Giant ancient Egyptian sculpture found</a> LUXOR, Egypt, March 1 (UPI) -- An Egyptian-European anthropology team says it has found a giant sculpture of the head of King Amenhotep III at a funerary temple in Egypt's Kom El-Hettan area. (UPI) Last space shuttle motor test is completedhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cg/Uus-nasa-motortest.RzWI_KFP.htmlwed/cg/Uus-nasa-motortest.RzWI_KFP.html1267131288Thu Feb 25 20:54:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cg/Uus-nasa-motortest.RzWI_KFP.html"></a>PROMONTORY, Utah, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- NASA said it has completed the space shuttle program's last test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cg/Uus-nasa-motortest.RzWI_KFP.html">Last space shuttle motor test is completed</a> PROMONTORY, Utah, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- NASA said it has completed the space shuttle program's last test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor. (UPI) Fossil bed promoted as national monumenthttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cy/Uus-fossilbed.RKkZ_KF2.htmlwed/cy/Uus-fossilbed.RKkZ_KF2.html1265129088Tue Feb 2 16:44:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cy/Uus-fossilbed.RKkZ_KF2.html"></a>LAS VEGAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Support is growing to designate a rich fossil bed in the Las Vegas Valley as a national monument, preservationists in Nevada said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cy/Uus-fossilbed.RKkZ_KF2.html">Fossil bed promoted as national monument</a> LAS VEGAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Support is growing to designate a rich fossil bed in the Las Vegas Valley as a national monument, preservationists in Nevada said. (UPI) Obama's emotional style most like Reaganhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cy/Uus-obamaspeech.RgBE_KJS.htmlwed/cy/Uus-obamaspeech.RgBE_KJS.html1264740286Fri Jan 29 04:44:46 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cy/Uus-obamaspeech.RgBE_KJS.html"></a>AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Texas psychologist who analyzes presidential speech says Barack Obama's emotional style is most comparable to Ronald Reagan's. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cy/Uus-obamaspeech.RgBE_KJS.html">Obama's emotional style most like Reagan</a> AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Texas psychologist who analyzes presidential speech says Barack Obama's emotional style is most comparable to Ronald Reagan's. (UPI) Modern European male ancestry studiedhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bb/Ueurope-males.R8Uq_KJQ.htmlwed/bb/Ueurope-males.R8Uq_KJQ.html1264542288Tue Jan 26 21:44:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bb/Ueurope-males.R8Uq_KJQ.html"></a>LEICESTER, England, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A British study suggests most European men are descended from the first farmers to migrate from the Near East about 10,000 years ago. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bb/Ueurope-males.R8Uq_KJQ.html">Modern European male ancestry studied</a> LEICESTER, England, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A British study suggests most European men are descended from the first farmers to migrate from the Near East about 10,000 years ago. (UPI) Vast Wild West collection to be auctionedhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ci/Uus-auction.R2eK_KJP.htmlwed/ci/Uus-auction.R2eK_KJP.html1264407287Mon Jan 25 08:14:47 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ci/Uus-auction.R2eK_KJP.html"></a>NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A vast collection of letters, maps, photos, stamps, books and documents on America's journey to the Wild West is expected to fetch about $5 million at auction. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ci/Uus-auction.R2eK_KJP.html">Vast Wild West collection to be auctioned</a> NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A vast collection of letters, maps, photos, stamps, books and documents on America's journey to the Wild West is expected to fetch about $5 million at auction. (UPI) Iguanas may have walked to Fiji, Tongahttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ar/Uus-iguanas.R7rK_KJC.htmlwed/ar/Uus-iguanas.R7rK_KJC.html1263327890Tue Jan 12 20:24:50 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ar/Uus-iguanas.R7rK_KJC.html"></a>OXFORD, Miss., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Iguanas may have walked to Fiji and Tonga when the islands were part of an ancient southern super continent, U.S. scientists said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/ar/Uus-iguanas.R7rK_KJC.html">Iguanas may have walked to Fiji, Tonga</a> OXFORD, Miss., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Iguanas may have walked to Fiji and Tonga when the islands were part of an ancient southern super continent, U.S. scientists said. (UPI) Ancient eyeliner guard against bacteriahttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bq/Ufrance-eyeliner.Rj8Q_KJB.htmlwed/bq/Ufrance-eyeliner.Rj8Q_KJB.html1263237889Mon Jan 11 19:24:49 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bq/Ufrance-eyeliner.Rj8Q_KJB.html"></a>PARIS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Egyptian women in ancient times may have worn thick eyeliner to guard against bacterial infection, French scientists said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/bq/Ufrance-eyeliner.Rj8Q_KJB.html">Ancient eyeliner guard against bacteria</a> PARIS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Egyptian women in ancient times may have worn thick eyeliner to guard against bacterial infection, French scientists said. (UPI) Neanderthals wore make-uphttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Ubritain-neanderthals.Rl6t_KJB.htmlwed/af/Ubritain-neanderthals.Rl6t_KJB.html1263231891Mon Jan 11 17:44:51 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Ubritain-neanderthals.Rl6t_KJB.html"></a>BRISTOL, England, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Evidence that Neanderthals wore body paint dispels the idea they were "half-wits," a British archaeologist said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/af/Ubritain-neanderthals.Rl6t_KJB.html">Neanderthals wore make-up</a> BRISTOL, England, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Evidence that Neanderthals wore body paint dispels the idea they were "half-wits," a British archaeologist said. (UPI) Robot to view wreckage of Australian shiphttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Uaustralia-centaur.ROAP_KJ8.htmlwed/cq/Uaustralia-centaur.ROAP_KJ8.html1262976888Fri Jan 8 18:54:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Uaustralia-centaur.ROAP_KJ8.html"></a>BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A robot lowered into the sea off Australia is to record the first images of a ship sunk by the Japanese navy in 1943, authorities said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cq/Uaustralia-centaur.ROAP_KJ8.html">Robot to view wreckage of Australian ship</a> BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A robot lowered into the sea off Australia is to record the first images of a ship sunk by the Japanese navy in 1943, authorities said. (UPI) Oldest tetrapod tracks found in Polandhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aq/Upoland-prints.R54Y_KJ6.htmlwed/aq/Upoland-prints.R54Y_KJ6.html1262801686Wed Jan 6 18:14:46 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aq/Upoland-prints.R54Y_KJ6.html"></a>KIELCE, Poland, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The world's oldest tetrapod prints have been discovered in the Holy Cross Mountains of southeastern Poland, paleontologists said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aq/Upoland-prints.R54Y_KJ6.html">Oldest tetrapod tracks found in Poland</a> KIELCE, Poland, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The world's oldest tetrapod prints have been discovered in the Holy Cross Mountains of southeastern Poland, paleontologists said. (UPI) Explorer's plane parts found in Antarticahttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cf/Uaustralia-planewreckage.RBSh_KJ2.htmlwed/cf/Uaustralia-planewreckage.RBSh_KJ2.html1262472288Sat Jan 2 22:44:48 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cf/Uaustralia-planewreckage.RBSh_KJ2.html"></a>ADELAI, Australia, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Pieces of the nearly century-old wreckage of the first airplane brought to Antarctica have been found, a search team said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cf/Uaustralia-planewreckage.RBSh_KJ2.html">Explorer's plane parts found in Antartica</a> ADELAI, Australia, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Pieces of the nearly century-old wreckage of the first airplane brought to Antarctica have been found, a search team said. (UPI) Ancient DNA distinguished from modern DNAhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/al/Ubritain-dna.RbZD_KJ2.htmlwed/al/Ubritain-dna.RbZD_KJ2.html1262462696Sat Jan 2 20:04:56 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/al/Ubritain-dna.RbZD_KJ2.html"></a>LEIPZIG, Germany, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- It's now possible to distinguish between ancient DNA and modern DNA that contaminates an archaeological site, a German scientist said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/al/Ubritain-dna.RbZD_KJ2.html">Ancient DNA distinguished from modern DNA</a> LEIPZIG, Germany, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- It's now possible to distinguish between ancient DNA and modern DNA that contaminates an archaeological site, a German scientist said. (UPI) Streep, Colbert set for PBS genealogy showhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dm/Uus-facesofamerica.RfbC_KJ1.htmlwed/dm/Uus-facesofamerica.RfbC_KJ1.html1262399700Sat Jan 2 02:35:00 2010<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dm/Uus-facesofamerica.RfbC_KJ1.html"></a>NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- PBS says its new show "Faces of America" uses the latest tools in genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 11 renowned Americans. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dm/Uus-facesofamerica.RfbC_KJ1.html">Streep, Colbert set for PBS genealogy show</a> NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- PBS says its new show "Faces of America" uses the latest tools in genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 11 renowned Americans. (UPI) Ancient granite basins produced salthttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cz/Uus-miwok.RGY8_JDT.htmlwed/cz/Uus-miwok.RGY8_JDT.html1262133888Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:48 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cz/Uus-miwok.RGY8_JDT.html"></a>SACRAMENTO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Geologists say they've found more than 350 ancient granite basins used by California's Miwok tribe to produce salt for trade. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cz/Uus-miwok.RGY8_JDT.html">Ancient granite basins produced salt</a> SACRAMENTO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Geologists say they've found more than 350 ancient granite basins used by California's Miwok tribe to produce salt for trade. (UPI) Venomous prehistoric bird found in Chinahttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dp/Uus-raptor.REZd_JDN.htmlwed/dp/Uus-raptor.REZd_JDN.html1261599291Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:14:51 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dp/Uus-raptor.REZd_JDN.html"></a>LAWRENCEVILLE, Kan., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A fossil found in China is the first venomous raptor in the lineage leading to modern birds, scientists at the University of Kansas say. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dp/Uus-raptor.REZd_JDN.html">Venomous prehistoric bird found in China</a> LAWRENCEVILLE, Kan., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A fossil found in China is the first venomous raptor in the lineage leading to modern birds, scientists at the University of Kansas say. (UPI) Bonnie Prince Charlie portrait disownedhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dt/Uscotland-princecharlie.Rwu8_JDF.htmlwed/dt/Uscotland-princecharlie.Rwu8_JDF.html1260932710Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:05:10 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dt/Uscotland-princecharlie.Rwu8_JDF.html"></a>EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The National Galleries of Scotland has acknowledged a portrait long thought to be of Bonnie Prince Charlie more likely depicts his younger brother. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/dt/Uscotland-princecharlie.Rwu8_JDF.html">Bonnie Prince Charlie portrait disowned</a> EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The National Galleries of Scotland has acknowledged a portrait long thought to be of Bonnie Prince Charlie more likely depicts his younger brother. (UPI) Civil War-era cannon goes on displayhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cr/Uus-cannon.RB35_JDA.htmlwed/cr/Uus-cannon.RB35_JDA.html1260497100Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:05:00 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cr/Uus-cannon.RB35_JDA.html"></a>COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 5-ton cannon recovered from a sunken Civil War-era gunboat was displayed at Texas A&M University Thursday, school officials said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/cr/Uus-cannon.RB35_JDA.html">Civil War-era cannon goes on display</a> COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 5-ton cannon recovered from a sunken Civil War-era gunboat was displayed at Texas A&M University Thursday, school officials said. (UPI) G.I.'s effects reach kin -- after 65 yearshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aj/Uus-personaleffects.RrRB_JD7.htmlwed/aj/Uus-personaleffects.RrRB_JD7.html1260231888Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:24:48 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aj/Uus-personaleffects.RrRB_JD7.html"></a>MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The personal affects of a Michigan soldier killed in World War II finally reached his only surviving kin -- 65 years after the fact, the relative says. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.history/2/wed/aj/Uus-personaleffects.RrRB_JD7.html">G.I.'s effects reach kin -- after 65 years</a> MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The personal affects of a Michigan soldier killed in World War II finally reached his only surviving kin -- 65 years after the fact, the relative says. (UPI)