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...object of pilgrimage when the Holy Shroud, the white sheet that many Catholic faithful believe wrapped Jesus after his crucifixion, fetched up in the Duomo di San Giovanni Battista. The city was reborn as the first capital of a united Italy in 1861 - though the capital soon shifted to Rome. During the 20th century, Torino was Detroit on the Po, the home of auto giant Fiat. The company brought modern production methods to Mussolini's Italy and after World War II helped fuel a flourishing middle class with its cheap and stylish small cars. Today, the city is known chiefly...
...native inventions, grissini, the ubiquitous breadstick, and the kid-favorite spread Nutella. Valentino Castellani, who shepherded through the city's successful bid during his eight-year stint as mayor, and is now head of Torino's Olympic Organizing Committee, wants those who associate la dolce vita only with Rome to learn "we're Italian too. We have that same passion and joy for life." Yet though city fathers want the Olympics to show off Torino, most Italians, even the Piemontesi, focus their athletic attention on a certain sport played on flat fields. "In Italy, if it isn't called soccer...
...other evacuees in a Houston apartment complex. Other states are reporting similar problems. Three Katrina evacuees from New Orleans were accused earlier this month of gunning down and killing two men outside a music hall in Oklahoma City. Outside Atlanta this week, another Katrina evacuee-rapper Jerome "Slim Rome" Spears-killed his girlfriend and wounded her son before committing suicide, according to police...
Countries around the world have been stockpiling the antiviral drug Tamiflu in preparation for a possible avian-flu pandemic. But a review published in the journal Lancet last week cast doubt on the drug?s effectiveness. Researchers in Rome analyzed existing studies and concluded there is no ?credible evidence? that Tamiflu works against bird flu. While acknowledging that the drug has considerable limitations?to be effective, it must be administered soon after flu symptoms appear?the World Health Organization questioned the review?s conclusions, and said it won?t change its recommendation that governments keep stocking up on the drug...
...Pope himself entered the fray in November, when he used the words "intelligent project" to describe the origins of the universe. Camillo Cardinal Ruini, Benedict's Vicar of Rome and head of the Italian Bishops Conference, went the next step a few weeks later, explicitly endorsing intelligent design. But others have been less eager to jump on the bandwagon, including the Rev. George Coyne, head of the Vatican Observatory, who said, "Intelligent design isn't science, even though it pretends...