News tagged with 'history'. Found 36 tagged news.

Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found

Warsaw :: Poland | about 1 hour ago

Posted by pranay

WARSAW, Poland – Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to...

Tags: Copernicus, Science, grave, remains, history, challenged, Bible, Galileo, Newton, DNA

Web site glitch causes headache for Target

West Palm Beach :: FL :: USA | about 23 hours ago

Jennifer McNamara of West Palm Beach, Fla., thought she had hit the jackpot when she ordered the bargain-priced item only to get an e-mail from Target telling her the price was a mistake and her order had been canceled, the Palm Beach Post reports. "I'm...

Tags: history, Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach

Transportation plan finalized: Public can view 20-year project plan today

Tamuning :: Guam | 1 day ago

The finalized 2030 Guam Transportation Plan will be available to the public starting today, according to Department of Public Works' consultants Parsons Brinkerhoff. The plan lists projects and timelines for improving and widening Guam's roads, adding...

Tags: history, Guam

Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say

Alberton :: Canada | 5 days ago

Posted by pranay

  A rare fossilized dinosaur nest helps answer the conundrum of which came first, the chicken or the egg, two paleontologists say.   The small carnivorous dinosaur sat over her nest of eggs some 77 million years ago, along a sandy...

Tags: Egg, Chicken, first, paleontology, Science, history, dinosaurs

Hate as a history lesson

New Delhi :: India | 6 days ago

Posted by muslimindia

by Shobhan Saxena, 27 October 2008          Muslim IndiaWhen bands of lumpen goons, armed with knives, guns, kerosene cans and shouts of "Jai Sri Ram" rule the streets, hunting those who belong to other faiths, they strut like...

Tags: Communalism, History, India

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING

Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago

Teachers of the Year Five educators have been named California Teachers of the Year, the state Department of Education announced Thursday. Chosen from among 60 applicants, the honorees are: Alastair Inman, a science teacher at Lexington Junior High School...

Tags: history, Alastair Inman

Nobody Wants Bush's Memoirs [Books]

Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 14 days ago

You know what's next for any lame duck president: the inevitable post-presidency memoir. Only problem, other than the fact that he struggles with basic grammar and syntax: Bush is a hugely unpopular outgoing president, and most of the country hates him.

Tags: president, bush, white house, president bush, George W. Bush, history, obama, hillary clinton, john mccain, the bush administration, bush admin

Obama Wins Election

Washington :: DC :: USA | 15 days ago

The nation faced a choice on Tuesday between two distinguished candidates...Americans were bound to choose a leader to guide the country through the immense challenges facing it today. And as the vote drew ever nearer, it became more and more clear, that...

Tags: obama, presidential race, campaign, u.s. congress, president, white, election, america, history, mccain, barack

112-year-old Sacramento man awaits election history

New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 15 days ago

And your great commercial buildings are the labor of my hands. I have helped to train you children, cooked your food, and washed your clothes. I have helped to feed your cows and horses, swept your yard and scrubbed your floors...I've helped to build...

Tags: history, obama, election, oldest man, president, vote, mccain, elections, politics, sarah palin, Sacramento, Lelia Francis LaRue

Coming soon: More cinema houses in more cities

Muscat :: Oman | 15 days ago

Jawad Sultan Group is set to take on a new identity — ‘City Cinema’. The re-branding exercise will include Shatti Plaza, Al Nasr Cinema, Wafi Plaza in Sur and the upcoming cinema at Sohar which will be opened next month. The history of cinemas in Oman...

Tags: us presidential election, president, election, house, history, elections, obama, news