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It’s easy to see why they use numbers.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

“Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - Page updated at 12:00 AM (from the Seattle Times)
Heaviest known element created
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times
U.S. and Russian researchers said Monday they had created element 118, the heaviest known element.
It is the fifth ultraheavy element produced by the team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., and […]

Pope Benedict visited Manoppello to see Saint Veronica’s veil.

Friday, September 1st, 2006

If this indeed is the imprint of the face of Jesus, all of those MGM epics were wrong.
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There is something eerily reminiscent of one of my favorite comic, character actors and I am certain no one would have mistaken Franklin Pangborn for the Son of God.
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From early childhood, Veronica had been one of my heroes […]

Who could have possibly guessed this?

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Berlusconi Refuses to Concede
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refused to concede in the country’s elections, despite official results showing Romano Prodi’s center-left coalition taking control of both houses of Parliament.
“We won’t hesitate to recognise the political victory for our adversaries, but only once the necessary legal verification procedures have been completed. Now, nobody can […]

He shares more than a coalition with W. Neither likes to be questioned by lesser people to whom each can say, “If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?”

Monday, March 13th, 2006

ABC News: Berlusconi storms out of election TV interview
Here is the story.
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Here is news from two of our coalition allies in one story.

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Italian Prosecutors Request Berlusconi Faces Trial
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Read it here at Forbes.com