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But ultimately, the United States would have discovered what the Germans did: a handful of massive tanks don’t really make a huge difference on a global-sized battlefield. When it comes to tanks, America can only hope that size isn’t everything. During World War II, Germany had its armored giants, such as the seventy-ton King Tiger, …

Signs prohibiting the use of guns are posted on doors at Ohio State. Credit: Amal Saeed | Photo Editor Anarchists used dynamite; gangsters used “tommy” guns; terrorists used planes, trucks and fertilizer. The United States government responded with legislation and reforms to each of these mass murder cases, Randolph Roth, professor of history who specializes …

Meat Slicers are part of American food preparation. The product dates back to the nineteenth century. The first American slicer for meat came as early as 1909. They were at one time, an integral part of American manufacturing of food preparation products. The development occurred to slice more meat more quickly in delicatessens and butcher …

Ginny McIver looks through the scrapbook her mother, Dora Bernier, compiled of Lisbon service people during World War II. McIver says she remembers a majority of the people in the scrapbook. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Buy this Photo BRUNSWICK — The first photograph is of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The caption states it is believed to …

It’s time. History and technology are converging. New innovations are maturing, interacting and connecting – all with the promise of a better tomorrow. Attendees at this year’s AEM Annual Conference – slated for Nov. 18-20 in Marco Island, Florida – will hear from CEOs of three of the association’s most prominent members, learn about the …

It was nearly a year and a half ago that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, standing onstage at the company’s annual developer conference, announced that the company would begin letting users sever the connection between their web browsing history and their Facebook accounts. After months of delays, Facebook’s Clear History is now rolling out in Ireland, …

WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) — A dachshund  in South Jersey is making medical history. For the first time, 3D technology designed for humans was used to guide spine surgery on the dog. The technology allows doctors to see and touch what they’ll be operating on before surgery. Lorraine Young is relieved to see her beloved …

Old-school Hollywood editors cut unwanted frames of film and patched in desired frames to make a movie. The human body does something similar–trillions of times per second–through a biochemical editing process called RNA splicing. Rather than cutting film, it edits the messenger RNA that is the blueprint for producing the many proteins found in …

Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Today in History, July 28, 1914: World War I began On July 28, 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Post to Facebook Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. Posted! A …

SAN JUAN, P.R. — All day, the drums and the chants had blared through the streets outside La Fortaleza, the governor’s residence in San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital. But just before midnight on Wednesday, a silence fell over the crowd. For nearly seven hours, Puerto Ricans had gathered to protest their embattled governor, Ricardo …