First Sandy Berger's sock incident at the National Archives, then Nicholas Cage breaks into Archives, now there's a missing portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from the Archives' collection, according to WTOP. But there are other items missing, including dozens of presidential pardons. The Archives admits that the FDR portrait may be sitting in a landfill after being accidentally thrown out, but other items have turned up on eBay. more ›

DCist walked into National Treasure last weekend with high hopes. Although the Post may have maligned it as a "'Raiders of the Lost Ark' for people who slept through American history class," as a guilty fan of quasi-historical action flicks, we were expecting to be entertained. On that count the film didn't disappoint -- for the most part, the whizzes whizzed, the bangs banged, and the nonstop action was sprinkled with enough plot twists and fancy gadgets to keep our attention. more ›