New research not only suggests an iron dagger buried with King Tutankhamen was made from a meteorite, but the ancient Egyptians knew exactly what they were working with, CNN reported Thursday.Archaeologists and historians have been fascinated with the life and death of the boy-king along with his mummified remains and mysterious objects found in his tomb since their discovery in the 1920s....
A Texas teacher accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student turned herself in to police Wednesday. According to KTRK, AlexandriaVera, 24, of Houston is accused of sexually abusing the boy, who was an eighth-grade student in her English class at Stovall Middle School last summer ... Read more trending stories ... Read more here ... ....
NEW YORK (AP) — Forbes has revised the net worth of the woman it crowned America's richest self-made woman last year from $4.5 billion to nothing ... ....
The USGeological Survey has produced an animation showing how the Earth’s temperature has risen from 1850 to the present day – and how it might continue towards a point described by one leading commentator as “the sixth circle of Hell” ... The spiral animation, with the figures for each year building up from a central core, went viral on social media with more than 2.5 million shares on one Facebook page alone....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The man who carried out a murder-suicide at UCLA left a "kill list" at his Minnesotahome that led authorities to find a woman's dead body, the Los Angeles police chief said Thursday. Mainak Sarkar drove to Los Angeles from Minnesota with two guns and killed ProfessorBillKlug before killing himself, said ChiefCharlie Beck, speaking on KTLA-TV... The other professor on the list is alright ... -- ... ....
Is anyone beyond redemption? What does true justice look like? DoesGod support capital punishment? These are a few of the raised in a new book by Shane Claiborne, Executing Grace... He believed the death penalty was ordained by God ... In Executing Grace, Claiborne explores the contrast between punitive justice and restorative justice, questioning our notions of fairness, revenge, and absolution....
Introducing how his Ignatian-inspired spiritual exercises would work, the Jesuit pope apologized for 'the family endorsement.' He said guiding personal prayer with Ignatian spirituality allows people 'to feel and savor the things of God' deep within themselves ... poised between our utter shame and our sublime dignity;' sinful and selfish, yet cleansed and chosen to feed God's sheep and multiply his graces....
Christians were taught to understand themselves as the holy people of God. Their conduct was to be consistent with honorable deeds that outsiders could see, with a view to their being converted, so that they will glorify God when he comes to judge ... Can we do it for the glory of God? Can we do it for the love of Jesus? Can we do it as members of the Christian community did so long ago? Perhaps, by the grace of God, we can. ....
In a chat with Showbiz, Bernard Amankwah, who for the past eight years has blessed lovers of gospel music with his annual Celebration of His Grace concert described the concert as ‘home-coming.’....
“At the Cincinnati Zoo,” the mom adds, before starting again. “My son fell in with the gorilla!” she says ... “How old is your —” ... The recording ends ... Also, Wednesday, the family thanked God and the zoo for saving the boy. “We continue to praise God for His grace and mercy, and to be thankful to the Cincinnati Zoo for their actions taken to protect our child,” the family said in a statement....
Give thanks and, above all else, teach your children gratitude, the Ven Stu Crosson urges ... for the person who prepared it, for the blessings upon us, for each other and for God's grace (undeserved favour) ... It focuses us in such a way that we acknowledge our dependence upon others and upon God for the good things in our lives ... So much beauty and wonder and joy to experience in the fellowship of others and our God ... I am so very grateful ... ....
A 911 phone call made by the woman whose son fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has been released (video below) ... “Hi, my son fell in the zoo exhibit at the gorilla - at Cincinnati Zoo,” Gregg tells the dispatcher. “My son fell in with the gorilla ... “He’s dragging my son,” Gregg adds ... We continue to praise God for His grace and mercy, and to be thankful to the Cincinnati Zoo for their actions taken to protect our child ... ....
God cannot be experienced by reasoning or by using the mind. It is faith that brings us to God...Sri Ramakrishna once said that man is a true man whose mind dwells on God. He alone is a man whose spiritual consciousness has been awakened and who is firmly convinced that God alone is real and all else illusory ... “There is another view, according to which, God has become all that you see....
Craig Sager bumped into Cubs manager Joe Maddon while he was having lunch with his wife Wednesday afternoon at a downtown hotel ... Sager, a lifelong Cubs fan, didn’t need tickets to the game ... (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) ... ... He has graced audiences with his iconic clown-like suits and affectionate personality, leaving a mark on the entire sports community. “His fight, I mean, my God, the guy is teaching us all a lesson,” Maddon said ... ....
(Source... Drivers with an unpaid toll should make note of the toll collection location by identifying the toll plaza name, number or the nearest milepost and go online at www.illinoistollway.com or pay by mail within the 7-day grace period. Extended GracePeriod for July. For the month of July, drivers with unpaid tolls will have an extended grace period to pay until July 31, 2016. After this date, the 7-day grace period will resume....
Mumbai. Her work depicts life and style. She is Bollywood’s favourite designer and has bagged many prestigious awards for her contribution to the craft. Neeta Lulla is one of India’s foremost designers. From celluloid to the red-carpets, her work has dazzled with the stars ... (Photo ... (Photo ... (Photo ... It all fell into place because of the support I got from my family and by the grace of God ... A lot on the platter and God has been kind....
These books teach children about the need for a grace and a Savior, bravery, honor, and adventure ... This is the autobiography of Corrie Ten Boom and most importantly the story of God's faithfulness to her and her family in a concentration camp during World War II ... God is faithful to them through all of this ... speak about the truth of God in their life....