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Exorcist Says Pope Helped ‘Liberate’ Man

A well-known exorcist said Francis helped free a Mexican man possessed by four demons, but the Vatican was more cautious, saying he simply said a prayer for the man in St. Peter’s Square.        

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Found 8 hours ago on channel New York Times

Vatican marks anniversary of 1972 attack on Michelangelo's Pieta

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt 12 hammer blows to Michelangelo's Pieta, severely damaging...

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Found 17 hours ago on channel Reuters

Hoping To Ride The Crowdfunding Wave, Celery Lets Sellers Accept Pre-Orders, Charge When Products Ready To Ship

Airbrite, a Y Combinator-backed e-commerce startup, is debuting its first product today called Celery (its name a play on the world “sell”). Celery is designed to be a “pre-commerce” store builder – or, in other words, it allows anyone to start selling ahead of having a product to ship. That means sellers can start taking credit cards now, then charge when their product is ready to launch. And in case you couldn’t figure it out by that description, Airbrite is hoping the product will be a hit with those raising funds using crowdfunding. In fact, says Airbrite co-founder Chris Tsai, the company has already seen some traction with crowdfunders during its private beta, which rolled out to hundreds of users this March. But, he clarifies, Celery isn’t just designed for those merchants – it’s for anyone in any business who needs to enable pre-commerce on any platform. Some of its early customers include Kickstarter crowdfunder the3doodler.com, e-commerce site dagnedover.com, ...

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Found 18 hours ago on channel TechCrunch

Keen On… Peter Hirshberg: Why Smart Entrepreneurs Should Care About Smart Cities

Last week, representatives of many of the world's leading cities - including London, Boston, Mexico City, Barcelona and Christchurch - came to San Francisco to learn from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about how to make their cities smarter. One of the people behind this LLGA Cities Summit was the Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Hirshberg, formerly the chairman of Technorati and now one of the world's leading pioneers of smart cities.

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Found 1 day ago on channel TechCrunch

Gaucho Exhibition at Vatican a Tribute to Pope's Homeland

Gauchos, the legendary Argentine cowboys from the vast Pampas of Pope Francis's homeland, are being celebrated in a rare exhibition in no less a place than St. Peter's Square.        

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Found 4 days ago on channel New York Times