Friday, September 28, 2012

In the news, Friday, September 28, 2012


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THU 27      INDEX      SAT 29
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Netanyahu draws line over Iran
Israeli says progress on nukes could soon be unstoppable
Paul Richter      McClatchy-Tribune

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Vestal: Victim seeks to extend abuse statute
Shawn Vestal      The Spokesman-Review

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Law lets astronauts keep artifacts

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Mars rover finds evidence of fast-moving waterway
Alilcia Chang      Associated Press

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Vatican newspaper says wife script ‘fake’

Vatican City – The Vatican newspaper has added to the doubts surrounding a Harvard University researcher’s claim that a fourth-century Coptic papyrus fragment showed that some early Christians believed that Jesus was married, declaring it a “fake.”

The newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, published an article Thursday by leading Coptic scholar Alberto Camplani and an accompanying editorial by the newspaper’s editor, Giovanni Maria Vian, an expert in early Christianity.

They both cited concerns expressed by other scholars about the fragment’s authenticity and the fact that it was purchased on the market without a known archaeological provenance.

“At any rate, a fake,” Vian titled his editorial, which criticized Harvard for creating a “clamorous” media frenzy over the fragment by handing the scoop to two U.S. newspapers only to see “specialists immediately question it.”

Karen King, a professor of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, announced the finding last week at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. The text, written in Coptic and probably translated from a second-century Greek text, contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to “my wife,” whom he identifies as Mary.

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Officials finish culling cattle-preying Wedge Pack
Rich Landers      The Spokesman-Review

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Firefighters gaining on Wenatchee fires
Doug Esser      Associated Press

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In the digital age, a rare fight for print readers
Kevin Mcgill      Associated Press

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US Postal Service to default on second $5B payment
Hope Yen      Associated Press

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