AccuWeather reports that Friday the vernal equinox will occur, again marking the gradual return to warmer days in the Northern Hemisphere and winter's official astronomical end. However, for 2015, the spring equinox will transpire amidst two other celestial events: a total solar eclipse and a new supermoon.
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Spring, eclipse, supermoon all today
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Burying Richard III, England's last post-apocalyptic warlord
England's last medieval monarch - will be interred in Leicester Cathedral, almost three years after archaeologists dug his remains out of a car park run by the local council. The death in battle of a king known to history for badly needing a horse and for a hunched back, marked the end of the medieval period in England.
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Italy high court hears appeal of Amanda Knox murder conviction
Amanda Knox's Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, right, arrives at Italy's highest court building, in Rome, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend expect to learn their fate Wednesday when Italy's highest court hears their appeal of their guilty verdicts in the brutal 2007 murder of Knox's British roommate.
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Daniel J. "Jay" Zacharias, 64, of Harbeson, passed away peacefully...
Daniel J. "Jay" Zacharias, 64, of Harbeson, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at his home. Jay was born Sunday, April 5, 1950, in Salisbury, Md., son of the late Otto D. and Frances Zacharias.
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Cat Deeley rocks a casual plaid shirt and tight jeans as she...
The Cat that got the... giggles! Deeley rocks a casual plaid shirt and tight jeans as she explodes into a fit of laughter on lunch date with husband Patrick Kielty But the 38-year-old TV presenter seemed unable to contain her giggles as she exploded into a fit of laughter while enjoying a lunch date with husband Patrick Kielty in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Chuckling away as the happy couple wandered down the street, the British beauty opted for a low-key look as she spent some quality time with her man.
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ISIS Cell in Italy Taken Down by Counterterrorist Operation
ROME, Italy- At dawn on Wednesday, Italian special forces executed the final stage of a counterterrorist operation, breaking up an ISIS terrorist cell in northern Italy. Operation " Balkan Connection " was carried out simultaneously in three Italian regions: Piedmont, Tuscany and Lombardy, as well as in Albania.
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Ciao Italia
Mary Ann Esposito, host of the longest-running cooking show on public television, travels around the United States and Rome, Italy in search of recipes that can be prepared in thirty-minutes or less for a busy audience that has time to enjoy great Italian food but doesn' t always have time to prepare it "the old way." Mary Ann travels to Parma, Italy, where she teaches her students at Barilla Cooking Academy, beginning with Veal Cutlets Stuffed with Artichokes.
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Knox drama nears finale in Italy's high court : March 27, 2015,
ROME Italy's top court was on Friday considering whether to definitively convict Amanda Knox for murder in what could be the final act of an eight-year legal page-turner dripping with blood, sex and intrigue. The American and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted last year for a second time of taking part in the brutal 2007 killing of Meredith Kercher, a British student with whom the then 20-year-old Knox shared a house in the university town of Perugia.
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Devotees of young martyr San Pedro Calungsod will celebrate his feast day today ahead of his actual feast on April 2, which coincides with Maundy Thursday. A concelebrated pontifical mass will be held at 6 a.m. at the Archdiocesan Shrine of San Pedro Calungsod in Cebu City.
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Roman school food gets zero beans from council member, newspaper reports
Goulash and hot dogs for Rome public school lunch? According to the Guardian, one city councilor says they should stick to pasta, such as this dish from the St. Claude Avenue restaurant Arabella's. (Todd A. Price, NOLA.com When in Rome public schools, eat as the Romans do? Maybe not.
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Amanda Knox Murder Conviction Overturned by Italy High Court
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Union County College's new Italian partner
On Wednesday, March 25, Union County College entered into an articulation agreement with John Cabot University, a private, accredited American liberal arts university located in Rome, Italy. Pictured are John Cabot Board Member John Meditz, Union County College Trustee George Castro, Union County College Trustee Chair Vic Richel, John Cabot President Franco Pavoncello, Union County College Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Maris Lown, Union County College Trustee Frank Bolden, and Union County College Trustee Wilson Londono.
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High court overturns murder conviction
Amanda Knox talks on a phone in the backyard of her mother's house Friday, March 27, 2015, in Seattle. Italy's highest court overturned the murder conviction against Knox and her ex-boyfriend Friday over the 2007 slaying of Knox's roommate, bringing to a definitive end the high-profile case that captivated trial-watchers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Arrests made in 'Ndrangheta sting
Rome, March 25 - Italian police on Wednesday arrested a number of suspects accused of committing organized crime activities in Rome for the powerful, Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia. A policeman was also arrested.
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Prayers, Quip and Quotes by Saintly People; March 28, St. Sixtus III
St. Sixtus III was born in Rome, Italy. He became the Bishop of Rome on July 31, 432.
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Hunt for missing Pompeii artwork includes stop in Boise
It was a breathtaking sight for U.S. investigators involved in the hunt for stolen Italian cultural artifacts more than 1,900 years old. Some of the sought-after antiquities lay swaddled in blankets on the floor of a Del Mar, Calif., garage.
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Join the Spiritual Journey to Rome to Remember Our Martyrs
PRESS OFFICE Diocese of the Armenian Church of America 630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Contact: Chris Zakian Tel: 686-0710 or 943-8697 E-mail: chrisz@armeniandiocese.org Web: http://www.armenianchurch-ed.net Remembering the Genocide Martyrs at the Vatican in Rome In a touching gesture of solidarity during this 100th year of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, His Holiness Pope Francis has announced that he will celebrate a special Mass in memory of the Armenian martyrs of 1915. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church will celebrate the Mass on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, Italy.
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Exhibition at Maxxi presents a metaphorical journey around the Eternal City
Oversize versions of their memories of Rome revolve on a merry-go-round in the middle of the Carlo Scarpa Room. Local Icons: Greetings from Rome exhibition opened this week, the latest project of the partnership between Alcantara and the National Museum of XXI Century Art in Rome.
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Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: 'I did my best'
The following is an extract from the book Lee Kuan Yew: The Man And His Ideas, published in 1998, in which Mr Lee reveals details about his personal life in his own words A LIFE IN SERVICE: A young Mr Lee at Assembly House, which is now known as Old Parliament House, in December 1958, and nearly 40 years later, in his office in the Istana Annexe in 1995, when he had become Senior Minister. -- PHOTO: GEORGE GASCON A LIFE IN SERVICE: A young Mr Lee at Assembly House, which is now known as Old Parliament House, in December 1958, and nearly 40 years later, in his office in the Istana Annexe in 1995, when he had become Senior Minister.
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The Pope's Last Hurrah?By Barbie Latza Nadeau
Of all the things a sitting pope can do, calling for a Holy Jubilee Year is surely one of the more important. It is a joyous occasion that draws millions of Catholic pilgrims to Rome to take part in celebrations and get that ever-important indulgence, or forgiveness for sins, that some believers think will shorten their time in Purgatory.
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