Today in History

Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 18, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

On this date:

In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists.

In 1765, about one-fourth of Montreal was destroyed by a fire.

In 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War, ending July 4 with a Union victory.

In 1896, the Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

In 1910, Halley's Comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail.

In 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif. (McPherson reappeared more than a month later, saying she'd escaped after being kidnapped and held for ransom.)

In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces finally occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle with Axis troops.

In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.

In 1969, astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford and John W. Young blasted off aboard Apollo 10 on a mission to orbit the moon.

In 1973, Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson.

In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton to rocket into space as she flew aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts on an eight-day mission to the Mir space station.

Ten years ago: A Hamas suicide attacker disguised as an observant Jew killed seven Israeli bus passengers. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday with an open-air Mass and requests for prayers so he could continue his papacy. "Les Miserables" closed on Broadway after more than 16 years and 6,680 performances.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush lectured the Arab world about everything from political repression to the denial of women's rights in a speech at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheik. Kenny Chesney was named entertainer of the year by the Academy of Country Music for the fourth straight time. Russia won its first title at the world hockey championships since 1993 with a 5-4 win over Canada.

One year ago: Social network Facebook made its trading debut with one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history; however, by day's end, Facebook stock closed up only 23 cents from its initial pricing of $38. In his first meeting with President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND') declared he would withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by year's end. The Olympic flame arrived in Britain, the country hosting the 2012 Olympics. Renowned German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 86, died in Starnberg.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Bill Macy is 91. Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Jack Whitaker is 89. Actor Robert Morse is 82. Actor Dwayne Hickman is 79. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson is 76. Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) is 71. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 67. Actress Candice Azzara is 66. Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 65. Rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) is 64. Actor James Stephens is 62. Country singer George Strait is 61. Rhythm-and-blues singer Butch Tavares (Tavares) is 60. Actor Chow Yun-Fat is 58. Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton is 53. Contemporary Christian musician Barry Graul (MercyMe) is 52. Contemporary Christian singer Michael Tait is 47. Singer-actress Martika is 44. Comedian-writer Tina Fey is 43. Rapper Special Ed is 39. Rock singer Jack Johnson is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Allen (Mista) is 33. Actor Matt Long is 33. Actor Allen Leech (TV: "Downton Abbey") is 32. Christian-rock musician Kevin Huguley (Rush of Fools) is 31. Christian singer Francesca Battistelli is 28. Actor Spencer Breslin is 21.

Thought for Today: "The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any." ? Fred Astaire, American dancer-actor (1899-1987).

(Above Advance for Use Saturday, May 18)

Copyright 2013, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

U.S. District Judge Robert Timilin also ordered Dr. Christine Daniel to forfeit $1,277,083.

Daniel, 58, was found guilty of 11 counts, including wire fraud, tax evasion and witness tampering in September 2011.

She enticed patients to take her herbal product and charged them as much as $100,000 for a six-month treatment program that she claimed could cure cancer, diabetes and multiple sclerosis, authorities said.

Some of her patients, however, died from complications of cancer within three to six months after taking the supplement. In one case, prosecutors contend a 22-year-old woman who had a highly curable form of neck lymphoma died because she relied on Daniel's recommendation to avoid radiation or chemotherapy treatments.

"The scope of Daniel's fraud was breathtaking," U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said in a statement after Daniel was sentenced. "Daniel robbed victims of more than money ? she also stole their hopes and dreams for a cure. Daniel is responsible for a shockingly cold-hearted fraud that has brought her a richly deserved federal prison sentence."

Prosecutors sought a 27-year prison term, while Daniel's attorney argued that nearly six years behind bars was more appropriate.

In all, authorities believe Daniel siphoned about $1.1 million from dozens of families between 2001 and 2004.

Some patients also endured additional pain and suffering because they took the herbal tonic provided by Daniel.

At trial, experts called by federal prosecutors said chemical tests of the product showed it contained beef extract flavoring and a sunscreen preservative, among other ingredients.

"I live with the guilt that I should have seen that none of what she was going through was helping her, but instead was hurting her," Debra Harris wrote in a letter submitted to the court about her sister Barbara Davis, who was one of Daniel's patients and who later died. Harris said Daniel's patients were not only convinced they could be cured, but so were family members who "wanted to believe it just as bad."

Paula Middlebrooks also put her faith in Daniel, who billed her nearly $60,000 over a five-month period to help treat her terminal breast cancer. Eventually, Daniel pronounced Middlebrooks free of cancer and threw her a party. But in reality, the cancer was spreading and Middlebrooks died shortly after she returned to her home in Georgia.

Federal prosecutors said Daniel preyed upon people in their most vulnerable state.

Daniel "repeatedly demonstrated a merciless and callous indifference to the suffering of her patients and their family members," Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Johns wrote in court documents. "It is unlikely that our federal criminal justice system will see the like of defendant Christine Daniel again."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/14-term-calif-doc-promising-211812406.html

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IRS scraps softball game against GOP Sen. Cornyn?s team

TREVISO, Italy, May 16 (Reuters) - Britain's Mark Cavendish won stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, his third victory of the 2013 race while compatriot and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins lost time on the overall contenders. Second in the bunch sprint in the rain soaked stage was France's Nacer Bouhanni, with Slovenian Luka Mezgec in third. Italy's Vincenzo Nibali remains the race's overall leader, Wiggins, previously fourth, lost contact with the main group in the final hour and lost an estimated three minutes. The Giro d'Italia finishes on May 26 in Brescia. (Editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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Gene involved in neurodegeneration keeps clock running: Scientists identify another gene important to morning wake-up call

May 16, 2013 ? Northwestern University scientists have shown a gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock.

In a study of the common fruit fly, the researchers found the gene, called Ataxin-2, keeps the clock responsible for sleeping and waking on a 24-hour rhythm. Without the gene, the rhythm of the fruit fly's sleep-wake cycle is disturbed, making waking up on a regular schedule difficult for the fly.

The discovery is particularly interesting because mutations in the human Ataxin-2 gene are known to cause a rare disorder called spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) and also contribute to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. People with SCA suffer from sleep abnormalities before other symptoms of the disease appear.

This study linking the Ataxin-2 gene with abnormalities in the sleep-wake cycle could help pinpoint what is causing these neurodegenerative diseases as well as provide a deeper understanding of the human sleep-wake cycle.

The findings will be published May 17 in the journal Science. Ravi Allada, M.D., professor of neurobiology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and Chunghun Lim, a postdoctoral fellow in his lab, are authors of the paper.

Period (per) is a well-studied gene in fruit flies that encodes a protein, called PER, which regulates circadian rhythm. Allada and Lim discovered that Ataxin-2 helps activate translation of PER RNA into PER protein, a key step in making the circadian clock run properly.

"It's possible that Ataxin-2's function as an activator of protein translation may be central to understanding how, when you mutate the gene and disrupt its function, it may be causing or contributing to diseases such as ALS or spinocerebellar ataxia," Allada said.

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism for scientists studying the sleep-wake cycle because the fly's genes are highly conserved with the genes of humans.

"I like to say that flies sleep similarly to humans, except flies don't use pillows," said Allada, who also is associate director for Northwestern's Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology. The biological timing mechanism for all animals comes from a common ancestor hundreds of millions of years ago.

Ataxin-2 is the second gene in a little more than two years that Northwestern researchers have identified as a core gear of the circadian clock, and the two genes play similar roles.

Allada, Lim and colleagues in 2011 reported their discovery of a gene, which they dubbed "twenty-four," that plays a role in translating the PER protein, keeping the sleep-wake cycle on a 24-hour rhythm.

Allada and Lim wanted to better understand how twenty-four works, so they looked at proteins that associate with twenty-four. They found the twenty-four protein sticking to ATAXIN-2 and decided to investigate further. In their experiments, reported in Science, Allada and Lim discovered the Ataxin-2 and twenty-four genes appear to be partners in PER protein translation.

"We've really started to define a pathway that regulates the circadian clock and seems to be especially important in a specific group of neurons that governs the fly's morning wake-up," Allada said. "We saw that the molecular and behavioral consequences of losing Ataxin-2 are nearly the same as losing twenty-four."

As is the case in a mutation of the twenty-four gene, when the Ataxin-2 gene is not present, very little PER protein is found in the circadian pacemaker neurons of the brain, and the fly's sleep-wake rhythm is disturbed.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/most_popular/~3/ERhGEhNysuQ/130516142658.htm

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10 Things to Know for Today

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. The spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope?s orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday, May 15, 2013. If engineers can?t find a fix, the failure means the telescope won?t be able to look for planets outside our solar system anymore. (AP Photo/NASA)

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. The spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope?s orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday, May 15, 2013. If engineers can?t find a fix, the failure means the telescope won?t be able to look for planets outside our solar system anymore. (AP Photo/NASA)

President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, the top official at the IRS. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

O.J. Simpson removes his glasses as he testifies during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine to 33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus, to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid, Pool)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. COMMISSIONER OUSTED IN GROWING IRS SCANDAL

Obama asked acting commissioner's Steven T. Miller to resign and Congress and the Justice Department continue probes into the targeting of tea party groups.

2. WHITE HOUSE RELEASES TROVE OF BENGHAZI EMAILS

The correspondence underscored a turf battle between the State Department and the CIA and quibbling over the administration's talking points.

3. DEADLY TORNADOES SWOOP THROUGH TEXAS

Dozens of homes were damaged, six were killed and 14 were missing after the swarm of storms hit North Texas.

4. 1 MILLION FLEE AHEAD OF ASIA CYCLONE

The storm began battering the coast of Bangladesh today, flattening mud and straw huts in remote fishing villages.

5. HOW PRISON CHANGED OJ

No longer a glamorous celebrity in an expensive suit, a grayer Simpson testified at his Las Vegas appeals hearing in a drab prison uniform and leg shackles.

6. ANOTHER FACTTORY COLLAPSE IN ASIA

The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers fell in, killing two people and injuring seven.

7. NATO CONVOY ATTACKED IN AFGHANISTAN

The Muslim militant group Hizb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb that killed at least six and wounded more than 30.

8. PLANET-HUNTING MISSION IN JEOPARDY

NASA's Kepler telescope is broken and engineers can't yet fix yet, jeopardizing a $600 million mission to search for other planets where life could exist.

9. WHAT QUALIFIES AS MENTAL ILLNESS

The new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders assigned names to tantrums, grief and bingeing, drawing criticism that psychiatrists are going too far.

10. BOB DYLAN'S LATEST ACCOLADE

He became the first rock star to be inducted into the 115-year-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, an artists' honor society.

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SABMiller Zimbabwe unit year earnings up 36 percent

By Alasdair Fotheringham VAJONT, Italy, May 15 (Reuters) - A chest infection was the latest setback to hit Britain's pre-race favourite Bradley Wiggins on the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday. Tour de France champion Wiggins, finished the 11th stage in the main pack behind winner Ramunas Navardauskas to stay fourth overall, two minutes five seconds behind leader Vincenzo Nibali. "I'm not feeling very good at the moment, I've had a pretty rough 24 hours," Wiggins told reporters. "I've got a chest infection and a bog-standard head cold. ...

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Perfect Colorless Diamond Auctioned For Record $23.5 Million

Under yet another parking lot in England, the same team that found the final resting place of King Richard III discovered an ancient 1,700-year-old Roman cemetary containing the remains of 13 bodies and various artifacts. (Photo: University of Leicester) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/04/ancient-roman-cemetery-parking-lot-leicester_n_3215830.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A temple from 300 B.C. discovered in the valley of Oaxaca, Mexico may have been used for human sacrifice. Archeologists found the remains of a human limb along with animal sacrifice remains an obsidian blades in a temple room. (Image courtesy of Charles Spencer and Elsa Redmond) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/mexico-temple-discovery-human-sacrifice_n_3140287.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Amateur excavators discovered large parts of a World War II-era British Bristol Beaufighter near the small northern town of Gusano di Gropparello, Italy. The plane was nicknamed "Whispering Death," and was believed to have crashed in September 1944. (Photo by Charles E. Brown/Royal Air Force Museum/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/whispering-death-wwii-plane-remains-bristol-beaufighter-_n_3053392.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

In the ruins of a Byzantine settlement near Ashkelon, Israel, archeologists found a well-preserved 1,500 lantern that projects crosses on the wall when lit. A large wine press was also found. (DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/byzantine-artifacts-unear_n_3022162.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Archeologists examining the ruins of ancient Phrygian city of Hierapolis in Turkey found what they believe to be the Plutonium, which ancient Greeks believed to be the entry to the underworld. The gate is actually a small cave, and derives its association with death from the deadly carbon monoxide gases it emanates. (Photo: Francesco D'Andria) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/plutos-gate-hierapolis-plutonium-gate-to-hell-hierapolis_n_2994297.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A large sapphire ring found by metal detector enthusiast Michael Greenhorn in a field near Escrick, England is thought to have originated in the 5th or 6th century and may have even belonged to a king. Greenhorn sold the ring to the Yorkshire Museum for $50,000. (Photo: Kippa Matthews/York Museums Trust) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/escrick-ring-england_n_2979126.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Glacial melt resulting from global warming will have untold negative consequences for our planet, but for the time being, it is a boon for archeologists, as valuable artifacts emerge from the ice. In south Norway, it helped to reveal a pre-Viking tunic estimated to be from around the year 300 AD. (Photo: Alister Doyle/Reuters) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/pre-viking-tunic-found-glacier-climate-change_n_2932431.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

In separate incidents, two Americans found class rings from U.S. high schools at jewelry shops in Vietnam. One of them, a 1970 Montgomery County High School ring, was returned to the school, but its original owner has yet to be found. (Photo: Dan Cherry/AP) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/vietnam-1970-high-school-rings_n_2931820.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Archeologists discovered the bones of a donkey from 3,500 years ago in southern Israel. Based on its age, positioning, copper bridle, and location in the sacred precinct of ancient city Tel Haror, they speculated that it had been a ritual sacrifice. (Photo: PLOS ONE) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/donkey-sacrifice-bronze-age-tel-haror_n_2852288.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A small, angular calcite crystal recovered from a 16th century British shipwreck off the coast of Alderney is suspected to be a legendary Viking 'sunstone,' used to navigate the high seas before the invention of the magnetic compass. (Photo courtesy of the Alderney Museum) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/sunstone-british-shipwreck-viking-navigation_n_2818858.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Fossils found on Ellesmere Island in northern Canada were determined to belong to an ancient ancestor of modern camels that stood 9 feet tall and roamed the arctic during a time of global warming. An artists' rendering suggests what the High Arctic Camel might have looked like in its forest environment. (Photo via Julius Csotonyi) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/camel-fossils-arctic-ellesmere-island_n_2812034.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A hat belonging to Korea's greatest emperor, Sejong the Great, was recovered 500 years after being stolen by Japanese raiders. The hat was said to have documents sewn into it that could help explain the origin of the Korean Hangeul alphabet. (Photo: Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/ancient-korean-kings-hat-found_n_2772056.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A French team discovered a 2,300-year-old graveyard near Troyes, France containing the remains of Gallic warriors and women, with brooches still on their arms and shields still in their hands. (FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/gaul-burial-site-france-gallic_n_3069978.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Archeologists found eleven skeletons in a pre-Hispanic tomb at the Huaca Tupac Amaru B site, just feet from Peru's national soccer stadium in Lima. The remains were buried on a bed of woven reeds and tied in braided rattan. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/pre-hispanic-skeletons-peru-sports-center_n_2769932.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A Viennese archeologist claims to have discovered the remains of Arsinoe IV, sister to the infamous Cleopatra. She says the remains were found in Ephesus, where Arsinoe was said to have died, but others have criticized her lack of hard evidence to back up her claims. A reconstruction of Arsinoe's face was created from the skeleton's skull, which was itself lost in Germany during World War II. (Photo: University of Dundee) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/cleopatra-half-sister-bones-murdered_n_2766739.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Archeologists in Luxor unearthed a pyramid that once topped the tomb of Khay, the vizier of Ramses II. Ramses II, who expanded the Egyptian empire across the modern Middle East, was known as one of the greatest pharaohs in ancient Egyptian history. (Photo: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/ancient-egypt-pyramid-discovered_n_2735819.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Researchers in the Caucasus Mountains found a 2,200-year-old necropolis containing the remains of a warrior, replete with weapons, gold jewelry, iron mail, three horses, a cow, and a wild boar. (Photo Courtesy Valentina Mordvintseva) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/warrior-grave-russia-tomb-treasure_n_2732854.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed#slide=1721054" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

For four decades, the original cast stone version of the Marine Corps Memorial statute of soldiers raising the American flag over Iwo Jima was hidden under a tarp in the backyard of its sculptor, Felix de Weldon. In 1990, World War II buff Rodney Brown discovered the statute and procured it from de Weldon, and in 2013 it was sold at auction. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/iwo-jima-statue-for-sale-rodney-brown-wwii-memorabilia_n_2725858.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Critics cast renewed doubt on the claim that a mummified skull found in a retired collecter's attic belonged to French King Henri IV after two of its discoverers published a book chronicling their investigation. The skull was used to create a 3D model of what Henri's face looked like. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/17/henri-iv-skull-uncovered-attic-critics-dispute_n_2706837.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

The suitcase of a World War I-era nurse was found in a cupboard in the psychology department at the University of Abertay Dundee. The suitcase, which belonged to Margaret Maule, was filled with memorabilia such as a diary and photographs, and it is not known how it got there. (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/wwi-nurse-suitcase-university-abertay-dundee_n_2688310.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Peru's Temple of Fire

An ancient temple believed to be about 5,000 years old was discovered at the archaeological site of El Paraiso. If the date is confirmed, it would be among the oldest sites in the world. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/peru-ancient-temple-discovered_n_2674631.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

A sarcophagus believed to belong to a five-year-old was uncovered by Spanish archeologists while searching the tomb of Djehuty, an important official of Queen Hatshepsut. (Photo: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/luxor-sarcophagus-unearthed_n_2618343.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Skeleton of King Richard III Found

An archeological excavation under a parking lot in Leicester turned up the remains of King Richard III, the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/king-richard-iii-skeleton-found_n_2614269.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

81 gold goins dating back to the 1600s were discovered beneath the floorboards of a Irish pub in Carrick-on-Suir after a building fire. The find was considered one of the most important in Ireland's history, and the coins were turned over to the National Museum. (South Tipperary Museum/PA) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/gold-coins-found-irish-pub-cooneys_n_2581575.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>

Hans Sachs Posters

Seized by the Nazis in 1938 from a Jewish man on the orders of Hitler's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, then held behind the Iron Curtain in Communist East Berlin, thousands of rare posters are finally back in the hands of collector Hans Sachs' family. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/hans-sachs-posters_n_2495902.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed">Read more here. </a>

Wang Xizhi Calligraphy

An extremely rare copy of a work by fourth century Chinese calligraphy legend Wang Xizhi has been unearthed in Japan, the first such discovery in four decades. (AP Photo/Tokyo National Museum) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/wang-xizhi-calligraphy-japan-found_n_2431445.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed">Read more here. </a>

Afghan Genizah

Ancient manuscripts or Afghan Genizah discovered inside caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan provided the first physical evidence of a vibrant Jewish community that thrived in that region a thousand years ago. (AP Photo/The National Library of Israel, HO) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/afghan-genizah-manuscripts_n_2403893.html">Read more here.</a>

WWII Jewish Tombstones

Police in northern Greece say they recovered more than 600 marble headstones and other fragments from Jewish graves destroyed during the Nazi occupation in World War II. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis) <a href="https://editorial.huffingtonpost.com/tmp/2337540_97.html?preview=yes">Read more here. </a>

World War II Carrier Pigeon With Coded Message

A British pensioner came across an encrypted World War II message strapped to the remains of a dead pigeon. (AP Photo/Royal Pigeon Racing Association ) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/world-war-ii-carrier-pigeon-surrey_n_2057149.html">Read more here.</a>

Soviet Submarine Wreck

The Swedish Military found the wreckage of a Soviet submarine lost during World War II in the Baltic Sea, seven decades after it sank. (Youtube) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/soviet-submarine-wreck-baltic-sea-wwii_n_2316099.html">Read more here.</a>

Qin Dynasty Palace Ruins

Chinese archeologists in the central city of Xi?an discovered the ancient ruins of a massive palace complex at the tomb of China?s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. (AP Photo) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/china-qin-dynasty-palace_n_2233322.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed">Read more here.</a>

Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes

Spanish authorities unveil shipwreck treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes gallon which sank off Portugal's Atlantic in 1804. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/nuestra-senora-de-las-mercedes-treasure_n_2217132.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed">Read more here. </a>

WWII Internment Camp Letters

Remarkable internment camp letters dating back to World War II is found at a former pharmacy in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/internment-camp-letters-f_0_n_2172502.html">Read more here. </a>

War-Torn Ancient City On Syria-Turkey Border

Located on the Syria-Turkey border, the ancient city of Karkemish is the scene of extensive excavations against a backdrop of raging conflict. (AP Photo/Joint Turco-Italian Archaeological Expedition, File) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/karkemish-syria-turkey-_n_2092613.html">Read more here. </a>

Amazing Mammoth Skeleton Discovery

In a rare milestone, French archeologists dug up a near complete skeleton of a mammoth along the Changis-sur-Marne riverbanks near Paris. (AP Photo/Denis Gliksman/Inrap.) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/mammoth-skeleton-discover_n_2083219.html?1355264218">Read more here. </a>

Napoleonic Soldiers Buried

Belarus oversaw the excavation and burial of 110 Napoleonic soldiers who died in a major battle in 1812 against the Russian army. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/napoleonic-soldiers-buried_n_2065770.html">Read more here. </a>

Mayan Tomb Discovered

Archaeologists uncovered the tomb of an early Mayan ruler, complete with rich jade jewelry and decoration at the Tak'alik Ab'aj temple site in Guatemala. (AP Photo/Tak'alik Ab'aj Archaeological Project) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/guatemala-mayan-ruler-tomb_n_2019460.html">Read more here. </a>

Rare WWII Planes Discovery

Archeologists dug up as many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes in Myanmar. (AP Photo) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/spitfire-wwii-fighter-plane-myanmar_n_1978923.html">Read More Here</a>

Aztec Skulls Found In Temple

Mexican archaeologists dug up the largest number of skulls ever found in one offering at the most sacred temple of the Aztec empire. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/mexico-finds-50-skulls-in-aztec-temple_n_1943940.html">Read more here.</a>

A 'Mammoth' Discovery

An 11-year-old Russian boy stumbled upon a well-preserved mammoth estimated to be 30,000 years old in northern Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Gorbunov, International Mammoth Committee in Russia, HO) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/zhenya-mammoth-find-russia_n_1940791.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed">Read more here. </a>

Mass Graves Of Communist Soldiers

Vietnamese farmers found a grave containing the remains of at least 20 communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/philippines-tombs-discovery_n_1899750.html">Read more here. </a>

Tomb In Philippines

Archaeologists unearthed remnants of what they believe is a 1,000-year-old village on a jungle-covered mountaintop in the Philippines. (TED ALJIBE/AFP/GettyImages) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/philippines-tombs-discovery_n_1899750.html">Read more here. </a>

Famed 17th Century Warship

The a 17th century Vasa warship, which was raised nearly intact from Stockholm's harbor, has become one of the country's top tourist attractions. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Anders Wiklund, File) <blockquote><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/vasa-sweden-deteriorating_n_1881220.html">Read more here. </a></blockquote>

Lost Grave Of King Richard III

Archeologists say they have found the long lost grave (and possible remains) of King Richard III. (AP Photo/ University of Leicester) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/king-richard-iii-grave-discovered-uk_n_1877290.html?utm_hp_ref=unearthed#comments">Read more here.</a>

Found In The French Alps

The long lost wreckage of an Air India plane crash in 1966 was found on the slopes beneath Mont Blanc. (AP Photo/Arnaud Christmann/OHM) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/air-india-plane-wreckage-found_n_1846053.html?">Read More Here</a>

Amazing Find Near Jerusalem

Israeli archeologists unearthed two 9,500-year-old figurines near Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Yael Yolovitch, Israel Antiquities Authority) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/israeli-archeologists-find-rare-stone-age-figures_n_1839961.html" target="_hplink">Read more here.</a>

Bathing Children Find Ancient Buddha Statues

Children found six ancient Buddha statues which are believed to be around 1,000 years old while bathing in a newly dug pond in Khleng Por. (Photo: AP Photo/Heng Sinith) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/cambodia-ancient-buddha-statues_n_1795600.html" target="_hplink">Read more here. </a>

100-Year-Old Mystery Package Opened

Norwegians opened a 100-years-old mysterious package which was handed over to administrators in 1912 with the message that its contents would "benefit and delight future generations." (Photo: VG TV) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/100-year-old-package-open_n_1827839.html" target="_hplink">Click here to find out what the package included. </a>

Pilot And Jet Share Amazing Survival Story

Ex-Navy pilot Bob Besal survived a mid-air jet collision in 1974 and later became a decorated war hero. Besal discovered that the plane from which he ejected had a happy ending, too -- as a reef at the bottom of the Atlantic. (Photo: Bob Besal/TISIRI) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/bob-besals-jet-found-in-a_n_1821793.html" target="_hplink">Read more here. </a>

Major Discovery Off Italian Coast

Scuba divers have found what is believed to be an ancient bronze sculpture of a lion's head along with a complete suit of armor off the coast of Italy near Calabria. (Photo: KSEE24) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/ancient-artificats-discovered-italy_n_1819263.html" target="_hplink">Read more here. </a>

Rare WWII Dispatch Sells For How Much?

A rare military cable that announced the end of U.S. hostilities with Japan during WWII was auctioned for more than $20,000. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/wwii-naval-dispatch_n_1790837.html" target="_hplink">Read more here. </a>

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