Beagle’s nose predicts few US polar bear cubs
By DAN SEWELL FILE – In an Oct. 28, 2013 file photo, Elvis, a 2-year-old beagle, sniffs polar bear protein samples at Iron Heart Performance Dog Center in Shawnee, Kan.…
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150 years later, Lincoln’s speech long remembered
BY MARK SCOLFORO James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, stands before a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg…
2 Civil War museums in US team up for new center
By STEVE SZKOTAK Christy Coleman, left, director of the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works, left, and Waite Rawls of the Museum of the Confederacy, pose in front…
Cannon from 1777 battle back ‘home’ in upstate NY
By CHRIS CAROLA Saratoga National Historical Park Curator Christine Valosin, left, and superintendent Joe Finan pose with a Revolutionary War cannon after a ceremony for the cannon at the park…
How kids helped buy a copy of Gettysburg Address
By KERRY LESTER In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 photo, school groups and visitors view Illinois’ copy of the Gettysburg Address at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, in…
New flasher wrasse species discovered in Indonesia
This photo taken on July 28, 2013, released by the Conservation International, shows a new fish of the flasher wrasse species, in Indonesia. A new fish of the flasher wrasse…
Small Tenn. town aims to become the real Rocky Top
By TRAVIS LOLLER In this Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 photo, a sign welcomes people to Lake City, Tenn. Residents are considering changing the town’s name to Rocky Top in order…
Historic items from JFK assassination on display
By DAN SEWELL Lonna McKinley, of the National Museum of the US Air Force, looks through the log for President John F. Kennedy’s Air Force One, rear, Friday, Nov. 8,…