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  • Mona Lisa
  • Scientists in Italy believe they may have found the remains of the woman who inspired Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting.
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  • Mona Lisa
  • Scientists in Italy believe they may have found the remains of the woman who inspired Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting.
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  • The getgoing.com office in San Francisco.
  • Getgoing.com can take the indecision out of choosing a vacation destination.
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  • The getgoing.com office in San Francisco.
  • Getgoing.com can take the indecision out of choosing a vacation destination.
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  • Rescuers are saying that at least 24 bodies have been pulled out of the mangled wreckage of a tour bus that plunged into a ravine.
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  • Escape Campervans
  • A common European vacation choice that wasn't even available here until recently is just now taking off.
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  • Escape Campervans
  • A common European vacation choice that wasn't even available here until recently is just now taking off.
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  • Italian divers find body insie cruise ship
  • Five employees of an Italian cruise company were convicted of manslaughter in the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people.
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  • Lowell High School students at graduation
  • Students at Lowell High School lost the $120,000 they were saving to go to Italy when a travel agency closed up shop.
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  • Nutella
  • These thieves might really have sticky fingers.
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  • The Obama family celebrates Easter
  • From the Vatican to the White House, Easter Sunday was celebrated by many around the world.
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  • Pope Francis speaks before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of his first Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peters Square at the Vatican Sunday, March 31, 2013.
  • The more-than 250,000 people who gathered in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday were rewarded with a visit from the new pontiff.
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  • An official says the Eiffel Tower is set to reopen after being evacuated Saturday night following a bomb threat.
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  • Like many Bay Area Catholics, the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose watched with great interest as Pope Francis presided over the inaugural mass.
  • The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose watched with great interest as Pope Francis presided over the inaugural mass.
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  • Like many Bay Area Catholics, the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose watched with great interest as Pope Francis presided over the inaugural mass.
  • The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose watched with great interest as Pope Francis presided over the inaugural mass.
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  • Pope Francis I
  • An estimated 200,000 people packed St. Peter's Square to catch a glimpse of the man who will now lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
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  • Tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' inaugural Mass.
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  • Pope Francis makes first window appearance
  • The Vatican is releasing details of the pope's Mass on Tuesday as well images of his coat of arms and fisherman's ring.
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  • Pope Francis
  • The Vatican is lashing out at an "anti-clerical" campaign against Pope Francis over his actions during Argentina's military junta.
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  • Pope Francis
  • Pope Francis paid tribute to Benedict XVI, saying his faith and teaching had "enriched and invigorated" the Catholic Church.
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  • Pope Francis holds mass at the Sistine Chapel
  • A lot of positive reaction is pouring in for 76-year-old Pope Francis, but, there are some who have reservations.
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  • Pope Francis holds mass at the Sistine Chapel
  • A lot of positive reaction is pouring in for 76-year-old Pope Francis, but, there are some who have reservations.
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  • In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper LOsservatore Romano, Pope Francis puts flowers on the altar inside St. Mary Major Basilica, in Rome, Thursday, March 14, 2013.
  • Pope Francis is marking the first full day of his papacy with a mass at the Vatican and paying his own hotel bill.
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  • pope francis
  • Francis, the name the new pope has chosen, is a much-beloved Italian saint who is identified with peace and a simple lifestyle.
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  • Church in Oakland
  • The Diocese of Oakland's Archbishop believes Pope Francis will be the leader the church needs, and also what parishioners long for.
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  • Parishioners at St. Marys in San Francisco pray for new Pope Francis
  • Special prayers were said for the pope at mass at St. Mary's in San Francisco, and there was excitement over his chosen name.
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  • Church in San Jose
  • For San Jose's Hispanic community there is a sense of pride that the new pope comes from the new world, rather than Europe.
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  • pope francis
  • Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
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  • Black smoke from Sistine Chapel: No pope yet
  • Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, means the cardinals haven't elected a pope in their second or third rounds of balloting.
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  • Cardinals failed to elect a new pope
  • Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try.
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  • In this picture released by the Vatican newspaper LOsservatore Romano, Cardinals line up to take an oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, before the start the conclave to elect the 266th Roman Catholic pope. Cardinals from around the globe locked themselves inside the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to choose a new leader for the worlds 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church, surrounded by Michelangelos imposing frescos imagining the beginning and the end of the world. (AP Photo/LOsservatore Romano, ho)
  • Cardinals have filed into the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope amid deep divisions and uncertainty.
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  • San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
  • San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led a special mass today at St. Mary's Cathedral.
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  • From left, US Cardinals Roger Mahony, Edwin OBrien and Timothy Dolan leave the North American College to go to the Vaticans Domus Sanctae Martae, the Vatican hotel where the cardinals stay during the conclave, in Rome, Tuesday March 12, 2013.
  • Cardinals heard a final appeal for unity today before sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave.
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  • The Cover of Lean In, a book by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
  • Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg released a book on how other women can take steps to succeed in the workplace.
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  • Police officers are seen outside St. Peters Square, at the Vatican.
  • Cardinals gathered for their final day of talks Monday before the conclave to elect the next pope.
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  • Cardinal Timothy Dolan, left, arrives for a meeting at the Vatican, Monday March 11, 2013.
  • Cardinals gathered for their final day of talks Monday before the conclave to elect the next pope.
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  • Cardinals at the Vatican
  • On this second Sunday without a pope, prayers are focused on the 115 cardinals who will elect the Catholic Church's next leader.
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  • Cardinals walking
  • Cardinals preparing for next Tuesday's conclave have been meeting for six days to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church.
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  • Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel
  • The Vatican is trying to put an end to speculation that divisions among cardinals could drag out the conclave to elect the pope.
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  • Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer arrives for a meeting at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. The Vatican says the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week.
  • Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope.
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  • Conclave
  • Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope.
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  • Conclave
  • The American cardinals in Rome for the conclave to elect the next pope have canceled their popular daily press briefings.
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  • Italys Mount Etna erupts
  • Italy's Mount Etna erupted on Tuesday, sending plumes of ash and lava into the night sky on the island of Sicily.
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  • Cardinal Sean P. OMalley, the archbishop of Boston, arrives for a meeting, at the Vatican
  • The Vatican is now waiting for five more cardinals to reach Rome before setting the date for the conclave to elect a new pope.
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  • Cardinals arrive in St. Peters Square at the Vatican
  • Cardinals from around the world gathered today inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave.
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  • Special mass held at St. Marys Cathedral in San Francisco for Pope Benedict XVI
  • At a special mass for Benedict XVI at St. Mary's in San Francisco, many parishioners were left wondering who will be the next pope.
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  • Special mass held at St. Marys Cathedral in San Francisco for Pope Benedict XVI
  • Bay Area church bells tolled 85 times in honor of Benedict XVI's age, and special masses were held to celebrate the pope's service.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI
  • Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican in an emotional ceremony seen by tens of thousands in Rome and millions around the world.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI promised his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor in his final words to his cardinals.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI basked in an emotional sendoff from a massive crowd at his final general audience in St. Peter's Square.
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