Author: Philip Marcelo
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1st US penis transplant could bring hope to maimed soldiers
BOSTON — A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation’s first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs. In a case that represents the latest frontier in the growing field of reconstructive transplants, Thomas Manning of Halifax, Massachusetts, is faring…
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Archaeologists digging at Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston
BOSTON — Archeologists are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the slain black rights activist’s early life as well as the property’s long history, which possibly includes Native American settlement. The two-week archaeological dig began Tuesday outside a two-and-a-half story home in Boston’s historically black Roxbury…
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Harvard study suggests ‘Jesus’ wife’ text not fake
BOSTON — New scientific tests suggest a fragment of papyrus in which Jesus speaks of “my wife” is more likely an ancient document than a forgery, according to an article published Thursday by the Harvard Theological Review. The text, which is written in Coptic and is roughly the size of a business card, specifically contains…