'A Calamity Which May Well Appall Us'

'A calamity which may well appall us'
One little boy, who reportedly had lost his parents in the 1862 Dakota War, was heard to shout, “Hurrah! Hurrah!” according to The New York Times ….. Lamson collected a $ 200 bounty, plus a $ 500 bonus, and Little Crow's body was mutilated and terribly … Read more on Daily Republic

CBS News: Top stories of 2012
Neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman argued he shot 17-year-old Travyon Martin in self-defense. But prosecutors eventually charged him with murder. A judge … Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30-to-60 years … Read more on Today’s THV

Remembering Radio House days
Nobody could have drug me out of that school.” Radio was something of an academic stepchild when … The ornamented carriage house, which once housed UT Regent George Littlefield's horses and servants, was made to look like a functioning radio station … Read more on Austin American-Statesman