Oldest copy of the Bible now available on online Ten years ago when I was telling people about the Internet and how the Vatican was setting up a web site, an image I often used to described the promise of this new medium was that of access to previously difficult-to-access information. I would point out that the Vatican's libraries hold ancient manuscripts, including millennia-old copies of the Bible, that only very few accredited scholars would ever get to see and wait until the day those manuscripts are imaged and put online for anyone.St. Petersburg.

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MEDIA 7/23 SENTINEL Satz's latest nightmare courtesy of pal Lori Parrish's son: do minimum mandatories apply to everyone.".charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer and possession of drug paraphernalia.".Broward Politics Blog: Peek at your politicians' finances Incumbent circuit judges being challenged in Palm Beach County Miami public.fender petitions judge to take away some felony cases Florida may tighten lucrative DROP provision . FL.

Shields, Gomes, Zobrist power Rays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - James Shields allowed three runs pitching into the ninth inning, and Jonny Gomes and Ben Zobrist hit back-to-back homers to lead the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays past the Oakland Athletics, 4-3 on Wednesday. Shields (9-6) gave up six hits and struck out seven in improving to 5-1 in his last six starts. Shields' bid for his fourth complete game of the season ended when Jack Cust doubled with one out in the ninth. Troy Percival replaced Shields and got the final . Ticket.

If Favre's in, is Garcia out? Hopefully the Brett Favre saga will resolve itself in the near future, because it's about time we moved on to something else already. But with the specter of Favre in a Bucs uniform hanging over the head of current starting quarterback Jeff Garcia, we can't ignore the 800-pound gorilla: What happens to Garcia if Favre joins the Bucs? Perhaps we're getting ahead of ourselves, and I for one remain unconvinced Favre to Tampa Bay is a sure thing for a number of reasons. But it is certainly. St. Petersburg FL.

Thursday's column on Wednesday! Have beer, get paid, help the economy As promised. The latest $30-million handout of tax dollars as an ?incentive? to bring a business here got me to thinking. I want $30-million to bring a business here, too. I make the following guarantees? It will create 100 desirable, high-quality jobs. The jobs will pay considerably higher than average ? $100,000 a year. The number of jobs is guaranteed to stay the same for at least three years, which is better than the track record of some of these deals. All jobs will . St. Petersburg tickets.

Know Charlie by the company he keeps FL tickets, Earlier this month on the Progress Florida blog, I chronicled Charlie Crist's knack for reinvention to suit whatever political ambition a new moniker or makeover may serve. What's even more disturbing is to take a look at the company he keeps. Let's start with the Sembler family. Mel and wife Betty Sembler founded Straight Inc. and SEED back in the 1970s to scare kids straight. The Straight Inc. model was praised by the likes of Nancy Reagan. Jeb Bush was so smitten he declared August.

Favre Watch Because of how much Brett Favre news there is these days, why not just put it into one long post? That's just what I did. ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that Packers? GM Ted Thompson has spoken to commissioner Roger Goodell.h his sources saying that Thompson told him that they wanted to move on without Favre, something that we have pretty much known. In addition to this, the commish told Thompson to speed up the process of getting rid of Favre, telling him to look for trade partners . St. Petersburg ticket broker.

Sahara solar farms could power Europe FL ticket broker, European politicians are discussing ambitious plans to harvest the energy of the Saharan sun, connecting a vast network of solar panels to electricity grids across the continent, according to the Times of London.".Solar power's supporters say it will take ten years for it to become economically competitive, and while undersea cables to Sicily and Spain are planned for construction in 2010-2012, it is not known how they will be financed.".the Times notes. The Sahara project - endorsed.

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