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A guard tower, lower right, from Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as

US black history museum installs 2 large artifacts

November 17, 2013 5:40 pm

National monuments can be created by presidential proclamation, a power given by the Antiquities Act of 1906. (Thinkstock)

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Time to throw the Antiquities Act into the recycling bin of history

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November 14, 2013 5:00 am

This undated handout Image provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows a 3-D rendering of Abraham LincolnÃ?s life mask, held at the SmithsonianÃ?s National Portrait Gallery. the Smithsonian is launching a new 3D viewer online Wednesday Nov. 13, 2013 to give people a closer look at artifacts in their own homes. The data can also be downloaded, recreated with a 3D printer and used to help illustrate lessons in history, art and science in schools. Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough says museums face a greater challenge than the digitization of documents in libraries or archives because artifacts are three-dimensional. He's calling on museums to speed up their work to innovate and digitize collections to make artifacts accessible online for a generation born in the Internet age. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution)

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Schools to benefit as Smithsonian makes push in 3D imaging of artifacts

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November 13, 2013 5:00 am

C.S. Lewis remains perhaps the 20th century's most towering intellectual practitioner of the Christian faith. (AP File)

Columnists

Nov. 22, 1963, was a day that took three famous men

Cal Thomas -

November 13, 2013 5:00 am

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Presidential Fantasies

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November 11, 2013 5:00 am

VIDEO: WWII Medal of Honor recipients honored on Veteran’s Day

Lisa Ruhl -

November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry pauses during a press conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday. Nuclear talks with Iran have failed to reach agreement, but Kerry said differences between Tehran and six world powers made

Columnists

FDR was wrong on Stalin, Obama is wrong on Iran

Cal Thomas -

November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Online marketplace eBay has come under fire for hosting the sale of offensive items. (File Photo)

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eBay bars Holocaust artifacts, still sells racist items, slavery memorabilia

Paul Bedard -

November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Politics

‘Thank you’ money for Iran hostages — 34 years late

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November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Politics

JFK and Obama: Personal similarities, policy differences

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November 1, 2013 4:00 am

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US black history museum installs 2 large artifacts

Time to throw the Antiquities Act into the recycling bin of history

Schools to benefit as Smithsonian makes push in 3D imaging of artifacts

Nov. 22, 1963, was a day that took three famous men

Presidential Fantasies

VIDEO: WWII Medal of Honor recipients honored on Veteran’s Day

FDR was wrong on Stalin, Obama is wrong on Iran

eBay bars Holocaust artifacts, still sells racist items, slavery memorabilia

‘Thank you’ money for Iran hostages — 34 years late

JFK and Obama: Personal similarities, policy differences

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