Maybe Mona Lisa? Buried Skeleton Found

CREDIT: Louvre Museum, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain  

The skeleton was unearthed in a Florence convent where researchers are searching for the remains of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the women believed to be the model for da Vinci's famous painting. Based on an early look at the cranium and pelvis, the skeleton appears to be female, Bologna University anthropologist Giorgio Gruppioni told news agencies Friday (May 27).
(via Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer)  


Maybe Mona Lisa? Buried Skeleton Found | Leonardo da Vinci | Archaeologists Search For Mona Lisa | LiveScience

Ca woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by NASA

photo  Apollo 17, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague  

She promised the moon, for a sky-high price. He wasn't buying. A woman who tried to sell what she said was a rare piece of moon rock for $1.7 million was detained when her would-be buyer turned out to be an undercover NASA agent, officials said Friday.
(via   ROBERT JABLON Associated Press )

Ca woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by NASA - Inside Bay Area

Duette school to be back next year - Education -

(photos)
Seemingly against all odds, Florida’s last remaining one-teacher school has opened registration for the next school year, with less than a month remaining in the current school year.

Duette school to be back next year - Education - BradentonHerald.com

(via JAMES A. JONES JR)
 

Paper sorry for removing women from White House pic

NEW YORK (AP) - An Orthodox Jewish newspaper on Monday apologized for digitally deleting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton from a photo of President Barack Obama and his staff watching Navy SEALs move in on Osama bin Laden. (via kboi2)


Paper sorry for removing women from White House pic | KBOI 2 - Boise News, Weather, Sports and Breaking News Boise, Idaho | Offbeat

Bin Laden Buried at Sea

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Osama bin Laden received a Muslim ceremony as he was buried at sea, a senior defense official said in Washington, D.C., May 2.
The religious rites were performed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the North Arabian Sea and occurred within 24 hours of the terrorist leader's death, said the official.
 (via Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service)

Bin Laden Buried at Sea