Photo of Ga. governor as Nazi riles some
ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- El Nuevo Georgia, a Spanish-language newspaper, has drawn some heat for an altered photo of Gov. Nathan Deal sporting a Nazi uniform and Hitler mustache.
Historian banned over defaced document
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A noted U.S. historian has been banned for life from the National Archives after confessing he altered a document signed by President Abraham Lincoln.
Authenticity of Kennedy ambulance in doubt
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A 1963 Pontiac ambulance, alleged to have carried the assassinated body of President Kennedy, sold at an Arizona auction for $132,000, car experts said.
Mistakes found in Va. history texts
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Historians reviewing two state-approved textbooks used by many Virginia schools say they have found numerous errors.
Israel to approve heritage site funding
JERUSALEM, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- An Israeli ministerial committee is expected to approve funding the renovation of heritage sites, some in the West Bank and Golan Heights.
Oswald's coffin auctioned off for $87,469
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The former coffin of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald has been sold for $87,469, a California auction house said.
Lee Harvey Oswald connection 'freaky'
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A Louisiana man says it's "freaky" to have learned Marguerite Oswald, the mother of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, nearly became his godmother.
More Nixon tapes to be released
YORBA LINDA, Calif., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- More records from the Nixon administration are being made public, including documents about U.S. policy in Chile, officials say.
Some southern groups celebrate Confederacy
CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Some southern groups are planning balls and parades to honor the 150th anniversary next year of the Confederate States of America, officials say.
Holocaust wolf hoax author gets nothing
BOSTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A publisher owes nothing to the writer of a hoax memoir about surviving the Holocaust with the help of wolves, a Massachusetts appeals court ruled.
Ancient Roman pool found in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Archaeologists discovered an ancient Roman bathing pool during excavations in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, officials said.
Peru, Yale reach agreement on artifacts
LIMA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Yale University has agreed to return to Peru thousands of relics taken from Machu Picchu nearly 100 years ago, Peruvian President Alan Garcia says.
Time closes in on historic Packard plant
DETROIT, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The last tenant of a historic factory in Detroit said he was moving his business, leaving the fate of a landmark Packard assembly plant to city bulldozers.
Britain begins Magna Carta observations
RUNNYMEDE, England, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Britain announced it is launching five years of celebrations leading to the 800th anniversary of the first sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215 by King John.
Pompeii gladiator facility collapses
POMPEII, Italy, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A ruin where Roman gladiators once trained collapsed in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii, officials said.
Holocaust mass grave uncovered in Romania
POPRICANI, Romania, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Romanian historian says bones exhumed outside a rural village are those of Jewish people executed during World War II.
Boehner appears with Ohio Nazi re-enactor
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner briefly appeared this weekend with an Ohio candidate who has portrayed Nazi SS soldiers in re-enactments.
Presidency bigger than one man, Bush says
TYLER, Texas, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The presidency, former U.S. President George W. Bush told an audience in Tyler, Texas, is bigger than the man or the ideas he brings to Washington.
Neo-Nazi running low-key campaign
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Jeff Hall, running a low-key campaign for the local water board in Riverside, Calif., is the well-known head of a neo-Nazi group, an official says.
Swastikas put on Nazi re-enactor's signs
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Swastikas were found painted Tuesday on campaign signs around Toledo, Ohio, for Rich Iott, a former Nazi re-enactor.
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