Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

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Italian group claims to debunk Shroud of Turin

Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin — revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb — and say the experiment proves the relic was man-made, a group of Italian debunkers claimed Monday.

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Turin Faces Issues of Post-Olympic Life

As if these Olympics weren't enough, the city is gearing up for another Olympics in May. The chess Olympics! The brain-over-brawn games.

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Giuliani Praises Security at Turin Games

Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani praised the security arrangements for the Turin Olympics on Saturday, saying they were a step ahead of those for the 2002 Salt Lake City Games and a model for all high-risk events.

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Scary Crashes, Falls Mar Day 3 of Games

Several athletes were injured in frightening crashes Monday at the Turin Olympics:

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Italy Sees Anarchists As Olympic Threat

The biggest threat to the Turin Olympics is from anarchists and anti-globalization protesters seeking international attention — not Islamic terrorists, Italy's interior minister said Tuesday.

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Archeologists excavating a tomb in Jerusalem say they've found a burial shroud that dates to the time of Jesus -- and they say its discovery proves the Shroud of Turin is inauthentic, the BBC reported on its Web site.The scientists, from Israeli, Canadian and American institution …

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Archaeologists have discovered the first known burial shroud in Jerusalem from the time of Christ's crucifixion - and say it casts serious doubt on the claimed authenticity of the Turin Shroud.

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An Italian scientist says he has reproduced the Shroud of Turin, a feat that he says proves definitively that the linen some Christians revere as Jesus Christ's burial cloth is a medieval fake.

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An Italian woman preparing to become a nun is suing her ex-boyfriend to have a topless photo of her removed from his Facebook page.

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A novice nun is suing her ex-boyfriend after he uploaded pictures of her naked on Facebook.

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There are those who believe that somewhere in the vast blackness of space, about nine billion miles from the Sun, the first human is about to cross the boundary of our Solar System into interstellar space.

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This would allow Chrysler to quickly build a new range of front-wheel-drive, low-emission vehicles. Chrysler already has an agreement with Nissan Motor Co. that calls for Nissan to produce a small car based on the Dodge Hornet concept in calendar year 2010.

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The Making of the Shroud of Turin

The first thing that strikes me about the Shroud of Turin is that the face that appears in the negative image I think is not the face of a first century Jew but rather the stylized Medieval representation of a Caucasian Jesus of Nazareth.

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The website has been updated and the Ohio Shroud Conference page is now online.

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Andrea Pininfarina, the chief executive of the Italian car design firm founded by his grandfather that counts Ferraris and Alfa Romeos among its creations, died Thursday in a road accident near the northern Italian city of Turin.

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The Shroud of Turin Through History

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this is an awesome broadcast of someone selling a door with the image of jesus in it on ebay.. here is the link to the ebay listing..

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The Oxford laboratory that declared the Turin Shroud to be a medieval fake 20 years ago is investigating claims that its findings were wrong.

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Juventus return to Serie A on Saturday with a new coach and mighty ambitions after a year of penance in the second division for the Calciopoli referee-rigging scandal.

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Juventus general manager Gianluca Pessotto has spent a stable night in hospital in Turin following a fall from a window at the club's headquarters.

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The young Arsenal team continued their fairy-tale run tonight as they qualified for their first Champions League semi-final after at least 10 straight attempts.

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Bode Miller didn't win any medals at the Olympics - and didn't seem too upset about this. As Chuck Klosterman writes, Bode's almost adversial relationship with winning made us all angry; he became easy to dislike.

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"There's no question it's been a weird Olympics.

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Alexander Ovechkin broke a scoreless tie 1:30 into the third period and Russia eliminated defending champion Canada from the Olympics with a 2-0 victory in the men's hockey quarter-finals Wednesday.

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Canadians have won the silver medal in the women's short-track relay event.

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Olli Jokinen scored a pair of goals as Finland edged the United States 4-3 on Wednesday, dumping the reigning silver medallists out of the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament.

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Cindy Klassen's fourth medal of the Torino Olympic Winter Games proved to be gold as she and Kristina Groves finished 1-2 in Wednesday's women's 1,000 metre long-track speed skating event.

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Overview of the technology and logistics that goes into making the winter olympics happen. Very interesting and well written.

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Scott Burnside's prediction for the Olympics quaterfinals.

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