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The Greek god of thunder and lightning had Earthly beginnings, and scientists think they finally know where. Ancient Greeks first worshipped the omnipotent Zeus at a remote altar on Mount Lykaion, a team of Greek and American archaeologists now think. During a recent dig at the site, the researchers found ceremonial goods commonly used in cult activity and dated at over three millennia old, making them the earliest known "appearance" of Zeus in Greece. The discovery challenges the idea that Zeus worship began on the Greek island of Crete, which at least one classical historian names as the god's mythic...

President Barack H. Obama’s biographers will need to know a little more than is currently known about his birth. After all, the presidential birthplace should be a national monument. Preparations should be started now to preserve it. Where is the house in which he was born? Or was it a hospital, I can’t remember? Since Obama is one of our youngest presidents, the midwife who assisted the birth should still be alive. Historians and journalists would like to interview her. Wait, was it a doctor who attended the birth of our first black president? What was his name? Oh, you...

Ed Hale of Plains Radio has secured a copy of the Dunham/Obama divorce decree as promised. He has registered this at the courthouse and has turned the document over to lawyers who are reported to be happy and enthused over the contents. This is the first page. This is all that can be divulged at this time as those who have seen the decree are sworn to silence. You may hear information about it tonight on Ed's plainsradio show.

Pittsburgh plots to revitalize stagnant Downtown Owners of Downtown's biggest office buildings have cut their tax assessments by nearly a quarter-billion dollars in the past five years. The lowered assessments are a sign the Golden Triangle has lost some luster. Experts blame the flight of shoppers to suburban malls, a high Downtown office vacancy rate, a city payroll tax and fewer direct flights at Pittsburgh International Airport, which corporate executives cherish. Allegheny County assessment records show the value of the Golden Triangle's 25 largest buildings has dropped or stayed the same since 2003.

Saturday's Chicago Tribune includes a front page story titled, "The Bill they can't stomach: Voting Clinton's boyhood home a historic site too much for these 12 angry lawmakers." The article, written by senior correspondent William Neikirk, doesn't support the headline. Yes, twelve Republican congressmen did vote against a bill, which passed with 409 votes, to name the former president's birthplace a national historic site. But characterizing them as "angry" isn't justified, at least not by anything appearing in the article. The closest thing to "angry" was a comment made by one opponent of the Clinton site that, "Maybe it should...

The original home of the world's most famous space rock, the Allen Hills Martian meteorite, has now been identified, thanks to data from the orbiting spacecraft Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and a better understanding of cratering dynamics. The rock, called ALH84001, has been the subject of intense study ever since 1996 when scientists from NASA's Johnson Space Center startled the world by reporting that fossilised microbial life might be embedded inside it. The rock, which formed at the very dawn of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago, was blasted from the surface of Mars around 17 million...

FURNESS DIG MAY HAVE FOUND ST PATRICK'S BIRTHPLACE Published on 12/07/2005 ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they have found the birthplace of St Patrick. A dig in Urswick has uncovered a Roman fort which may be the Banna Vernta Berniae, thought by scholars to be where Ireland’s patron saint was born. Excavations are being led by Steve Dickinson, from Ulverston, who tutors archaeology at Lancaster University. Evidence of the Romans in Furness is rare. But Mr Dickinson is convinced the finds at Urswick are Roman with their typical layout of foundations and ditches. Mr Dickinson said: “I can’t tell you how important it...

166. LUCIUS II (Bologna), 12 Mar 1144 - 15 Feb 1145. 167 - Blessed EUGENE III (Montemagno, Pisa), 8 Feb 1145 - 8 Jul 1153. 168. ANASTASIUS IV (Rome), 12 Jul 1153 - 3 Dec 1154. 169. ADRIAN IV (Langley, England), 5 Dec 1154 1 Nov 1159. 170. ALEXANDER III (Siena), 2O Sep 1159 - 20 Aug 1181. 171. LUCIUS III (Lucca), 6 Sep 1181 - 25 Sep 1185. 172. URBAN III (Milan), 1 Dec 1185 - 20 Oct 1187. 173. GREGORY VIII (Benevento), 25 Oct 1187 - 17 Dec 1187. 174. CLEMENT III (Rome), 20 Dec 1187 - Mar...

111. FORMOSUS (Ostia), 6 Oct 891 - 4 Apr 896. 112. BONIFACE VI (Rome), elected in Apr 896 and died in the same month. 113. STEPHEN VI (Rome), 22 May 896 - Aug 897. 114. ROMANUS (Galles, Rome), Aug 897 - Nov 897. 115. THEODORE II (Rome), elected in Dec 897 and died in the same month. 116. JOHN IX (Tivoli), Jan 898 - Jan 900. 117. BENEDICT IV (Rome), 1 Feb 900 - Jul 903. 118. LEO V (Ardea), Jul 903 - Sept 903. 119. SERGIUS III (Rome), 29 Jan 904 - 14 Apr 911. 120. ANASTASIUS III (Rome),...

(1st to 55th Pope was referred at the previous post). 56. St. JOHN II (Rome), 2 Jan 533 - 8 May 535. 57. St. AGAPITUS (Rome), 13 May 535 - 22 Apr 536. 58. St. SILVERIUS (Frosinone), 1 Jun 536 - 11 Nov 537, a martyr. 59. VIGILIUS (Rome), 29 Mar 537 - 7 Jun 555. 60. PELAGIUS 1 (Rome), 16 Apr 556 - 4th Mar 561. 61. JOHN Ill (Rome), 17 Jul 561 -13 Jul 574. 62. BENEDICT I (Rome), 2 Jun 575 - 30 Jul 579. 63. PELAGIUS II (Rome), 26 Nov 579 - 7 Feb 590. 64....

1. St. PETER, Prince of the Apostles - (Born in Bethsaida, Galilee), Received from Jesus Christ the supreme pontifical power to be transmitted to his successors. 29 Jun 67 he attained martyrdom. 2. St. LINUS (Born in Volterra), elected in 67, died 23 Sept. 76, a martyr. 3. St. CLETUS (Rome), elected:76, died: 88, a martyr. 4. St. CLEMENT (Rome), 88 -97, a martyr. 5. St. EVARISTUS (Greek), 97-105. 6. St. ALEXANDER I (Rome), 105 - 115. 7. St. SIXTUS I (Rome), 115 - 125. 8. St. TELESPHORUS (Greek), 125 -136, a martyr. 9. St. HYGINUS (Athenia), 136 - 140....

Buddha's new birthplace discovered Kapileshwar (Orissa) May 24, 2004 9:37:15 AM IST A team of archeological experts from Orissa say their recent findings at the Kapileshwar village may help establish the small hamlet as the birthplace of Lord Buddha, instead of Lumbini, in Nepal. Officials at the Orissa State Museum, which conducted the excavation, said that the new findings, which included artefacts dating back to 6th century BC, supported the claims of Kapileshwar being Lord Buddha's birthplace. Buddhism was founded in India, when Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, attained supreme enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya in 6th...