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“Archaeologist Claims To Find Nails From Jesus’ Cross”

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In 1990, Israeli archeologists excavating a 2,000-year-old burial cave, discovered two nails crafted by the Romans, but kept the discovery quiet. The two nails found are now prominently displayed in an Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

A canadian jouralist believes they may have tracked down two of the iron nails used to crucify Jesus to the cross.

In the segment “Nails of the Cross,” which will air on April 20 on the History Channel, host and producer Simcha Jacobovici attempts to discover why the researchers felt the nails were unimportant.

According to the Gospels, Caiaphas was the Jewish high priest who handed Jesus over to the Romans for crucifixion.

There’s a general scholarly consensus that the tomb where the nails were found likely belonged to Caiaphas. Nails at that time were a dime a dozen, but finding one in a tomb is exceedingly rare.

“Caiaphas is known for one thing only: the trial and Crucifixion of Jesus,” Jacobovici said. “He may have felt compelled to take these nails with him to his grave.”

There was also the belief among some ancient Jews that nails had healing powers “and were a ticket to the afterlife.”

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“FBI Release New Files In ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Murder”

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The FBI is now revealing, that rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace was killed with “very rare” metal-piercing, German ammunition that could help unlock his 1997 murder, which is still unsolved.

The 359-page cold case file released under the Freedom of Information Act says, bullets that were used to kill the rapper, are sold exclusively at two distributors in the U.S., one in California and one in New Jersey.

And according to the feds, the same ammunition was later found in the home of rogue Los Angeles Police officer David Mack, along with a “shrine” he had erected to Tupac Shakur. Mack was later busted for bank robbery shortly after Wallace’s death.

Investigators wrote they were unaware of any tests conducted to connect the bullets, and never matched the ammunition found during the search of Mack’s home after the bank robbery, with the bullets used to kill Biggie.

But a retired LAPD cop testified about Mack’s Tupac Shakur shrine in 2005 and his theory that Mack used his police expertise to help hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight order Wallace’s hit, as payback for Shakur’s unsolved murder six months earlier.

Both Mack and Knight have denied any involvement in the hail of gunfire that killed Wallace, 24, as he sat in a vehicle on a Los Angeles street.

LAPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment as their probe is continuing.

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“Bodies Found Believed To Be Plainfield, NJ Couple”

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Evande Orna, 39 and Troy Edwards, 40, (pictured above), vanished more than two weeks ago. The couple was said to be headed to Richmond, VA., to pick up a relative but were never heard from again.

Investigators now suspect that the two bodies found on 52nd St. in East Flatbush at about 7:30 p.m. yesterday are those of Evande Orna and Troy Edwards.

The NYPD received a call Wednesday evening from the Richmond Police, saying where the couple’s car could be found. It’s not clear how Richmond Police got that information.

A law enforcement source also told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that police believe the pair made it to an apartment in Richmond, where “duct-tape and red stains on the sheets and in several locations” were found.

The identities of the bodies have not yet been confirmed, but police believe they are the missing couple.

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“Levy’s Mother Knows That, Convicted Killer”

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Ingmar Guandique may not have killed her daughter., Chandra Levy.

The Washington intern’s mysterious disappearance took down a congressman and captured the nation’s attention a decade ago.

Ingmar Guandique was convicted of first-degree murder for allegedly attacking Levy while she exercised in Washington’s Rock Creek Park in May 2001. Her disappearance made headlines when she was romantically linked to then, Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif. Condit was once a suspect, but police no longer believe he was involved in her disappearance.

The mother of the Washington intern, Susan Levy said Monday that “she’d like to believe Ingmar Guandique is responsible for her daughter’s death”, but admitted she has a sliver of doubt.

Despite a lack of witnesses and no DNA evidence linking him to the crime, Guandique was still sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison. He was convicted in November of first-degree murder in Levy’s 2001 disappearance and death.

Sandra Levy then pleaded for the truth about Chandra’s murder to Guandique, “Did you really take her?” she asked. “Look into my eyes right now and tell me.” Guandique silently shook his head “No” in response.

I believe Guandique was the ‘fall guy’ in the Levy death and disappearance, simply because Gary Condit was desperate to be unrelated to this crime; after it became national news that he and the intern had been having an affair and she was rumored to be pregnant at the time of her disappearance.

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“Was It Really -A- Suicide… Or A Lynching?”

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Frederick Jermaine Carter was found on December 3, with his body hanging from an oak tree in North Greenwood, MS, a predominantly white section of Leflore County in Mississippi.

North Greenwood is known as an area that black people are sometimes afraid to visit. Carter was with his stepfather, who said that he wandered off from an area in which they were both working.

County Sheriff Ricky Banks told the media that a mental condition led to Carter drifting off and hanging himself. He also said that there is no evidence that there was a crime committed, but the community is outraged that the location of Carter’s death was never taped off as a crime scene and they also believe that the investigation was inadequate.

Greenwood has a stain on its national reputation when it comes to aggressive behavior toward African-Americans.

Just 10 miles north of the town is where Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. Till’s alleged killers were acquitted of the crime, even though the boy was shot in the head and had his eyes gouged out. Till’s attackers were angry that he’d allegedly whistled at a white woman.

There are a lot of unanswered questions here and State Senator David Jordan has offered to help the family, saying that he doesn’t buy the story being presented by authorities:

“There are a lot of unanswered questions. Carter supposedly had rope in his pocket but didn’t have anything to cut it with? Why wasn’t the scene of the crime blocked off? That tree limb is nearly 12 feet high., I’m 6’2″ and I can’t see how I could maneuver to do that, so how could a boy his height hang himself like that?” said Jordan.

The mysterious death of Frederick Jermaine Carter shows all the classic signs of significant injustice. Given the history of Mississippi, what do you think?