JERUSALEM – Israel has unveiled an 1,800-year-old sarcophagus that workers found at a building site and initially tried to conceal. The Antiquities Authority called the sarcophagus, which was shown to media Thursday, “one of the most important and beautiful” ever found in Israel. The two-ton limestone coffin features a life-size …
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Editor’s note: The following column is excerpted from Eric Metaxas’s new book, “7 WOMEN & The Secret of their Greatness” (Thomas Nelson, September 8, 2015). Last year I was in Skopje, the capital city of what is called by some the Republic of Macedonia and by others FYROM (Former Yugoslav …
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YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Authorities say frozen meat and a chain saw were the only things taken during a break-in a home in Michigan. The Ann Arbor News reports (http://bit.ly/1LPfq1k ) deputies with the Washtenaw County sheriff’s department were called Thursday to the home in Ypsilanti Township following the theft, …
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PHILADELPHIA – Tickets will be available online Tuesday for a Pope Francis event at the Independence Mall in Philadelphia. The pope will be giving a speech on immigration and religious freedom in front of Independence Hall on Sept. 26. Officials say 10,000 tickets for that event will be available beginning …
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CHICAGO – A federal judge has approved a request from Jesse Jackson Jr. for a four-day furlough from home detention in Baltimore to attend his grandmother’s funeral in Greenville, South Carolina. The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/1Ofnwmn ) that the furlough will start Friday. Helen Burns Jackson died Monday at age …
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Authorities say a couple looking for a scenic spot to take a photo found an injured Utah woman who was trapped inside her wrecked vehicle for two days in a secluded part of a canyon. Utah County sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon tells the Daily Herald newspaper in Provo that the …
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Certainly the points are starting to spread out among NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup competitors. But at this point in the season, that spread is not a problem. If I’m in the Chase and I get past the race at Talladega Superspeedway and I’m only 24 or 25 points …
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The day after Notre Dame revealed the abrupt departure of starting quarterback Everett Golson, university officials are declining comment about whether there is a possibility he could return to the school at some point. Spokesman Dennis Brown said Sunday he could not comment, citing privacy laws. …
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AMES, Iowa – Last month, Texas forward Jonathan Holmes and center Cameron Ridley exploited Iowa State’s lack of interior size and punished the smaller Cyclones. The way Iowa State responded in the rematch proved it can handle imposing frontcourts. Holmes and Ridley, who combined for 39 points and 18 rebounds …
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – A theatrical playoff series gets an appropriately grand finale when the Anaheim Ducks host the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 on Sunday night. After four overtime games, several clutch goals and plenty of wild momentum swings, the second-seeded Ducks have one last chance to finish off …
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