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Dallas Mayor: It's a Miracle

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:32:52 CDT

Eighteen-wheelers were sent spinning though the air , hundreds of homes were smashed and cars crunched when as many as 13 tornadoes hit the Dallas region —but "miraculously" not a single person lost their lives, said a stunned mayor. "It looks like the Dallas-Fort Worth area really dodged a bullet," Mayor...

Shroud of Turin Can't Be Fake

Kevin Spak — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:20:05 CST

The Shroud of Turin must be real rather than a medieval forgery, an Italian study has concluded, because the markings on it could not possibly have been created with medieval technology. Scientists tried to recreate the sepia image of a crucified man that graces the shroud, and found its physical...

Tim Tebow: Miracle Worker

Matt Cantor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:02:05 CST

After a stunning performance in yesterday's last-minute 13-10 victory against the Chicago Bears, sports commentators are wondering if Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow really is capable of miracles. Declaring Tebow his "personal quarterback and savior," Jeff Neuman at RealClearSports catalogs five miracles made in last night's game. "Zero points on...

12-Year-Old Girl Key in Boy's Dramatic Ocean Rescue

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:58:16 CDT

When Nicole Kissel heard fellow 12-year-old Dale Ostrander's cries for help, she turned her boogie board toward the deeper waters of the turbulent Pacific even as her father shouted for her to stop. She pulled Dale onto her board, and the two fought the rip current together, even as she...

Woman Claims Miracle by Controversial Pope

Kate Schwartz — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:12:37 CDT

Pope Pius XII: controversial pope, saint? Possibly. An Italian woman says the World War II-era pope, who many Jews say failed to speak out enough to stop the Holocaust, is behind her miraculous recovery from cancer. Maria Esposito had wasted away to 92 pounds and tells the AP she couldn't...

NC Locals Hail 'Kudzu Jesus'

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:00:00 CDT

Other states might be green with envy, but it's only North Carolina that can claim its very own "miraculous" Kudzu Jesus. The mass of runaway weeds growing up a power utility pole and wires near the town of Kinston looks remarkably like Jesus Christ on the cross, say several witnesses....

Turin Shroud Is Art, Not Relic: Book

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:44:23 CDT

The "miraculous" Shroud of Turin is not the actual burial cloth that covered Christ's body, but is merely the work of a Renaissance artist. That's the claim in an explosive new Italian book. Many Catholics believe the shroud shows a mysterious, miraculous image of Christ's body, and experts have struggled...

25 Years Later, We Still Need Oprah

Matt Cantor — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:57:11 CDT

Oprah Winfrey’s TV tenure can be summed up in a single word: “miraculous,” writes Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon . “Winfrey's entire empire is built on the idea that miracles—not just good fortune or persistence or community but honest-to-God miracles—are within our reach every day,” she notes. And those...

Baby Pulled From Rubble in Japan

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:20:19 CDT

From the devastation in Japan, a few miracles: Most notably, a 4-month-old baby pulled from the rubble in the coastal town of Ishinomaki, where she had been wrenched from her parents’ arms when the tsunami hit three days before. Soldiers, whose mission had turned from rescue to recovery after finding...