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Rome's Storied Trevi Fountain Crumbling

Budget cuts endangering city's ancient heritage

(Newser) - If Rome's famous Trevi fountain could chuck a coin into itself and make a wish, it would probably ask for some TLC. The 280-year-old monument's stucco reliefs are crumbling and a gargoyle's head came tumbling down on the weekend, reports the Guardian . Officials blame the damage on...

Eurozone's Next Wobbling Domino: Italy

Italian stock performance suffers over investors' contagion fears

(Newser) - If it's not one eurozone country, it's another. Relief over Spain's bank bailout has swiftly dissipated into worry over Italy, which may not have the economic juice to pay its massive national debt and simultaneously fund its part of the various euro bailouts, the New York Times...

9 Dead as 5.8 Quake Again Jolts Italy

 Death Toll in Italy 
 Quake Hits 15 
UPDATED
May 29, 2012 11:30 AM CDT

Death Toll in Italy Quake Hits 15

About 14,000 now homeless after pair of earthquakes

(Newser) - A second earthquake within 10 days jolted northern Italy this morning, a 5.8 tremor that killed at least 15 people and injured another 200. The quake hit at 9am local time, again just north of the city of Bologna, reports the AP ; a 6.0 temblor on May 20...

US to Arm Italian Drones
 US to Arm Italian Drones 
May 29, 2012 8:09 AM CDT

US to Arm Italian Drones

Move could open floodgates for rest of NATO, other allies

(Newser) - Pretty soon, every cool kid on the block may have genuine American-made robot killing machines. The Obama administration plans to arm Italy's Reaper drone fleet, sources tell the Wall Street Journal , which will make it difficult for Washington to deny such capabilities to the rest of its NATO allies....

Zuckerberg's Honeymoon Takes Him to...

...Italy, where Twitter users follow the Facebook founder, bride

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg doesn't really believe in privacy for the rest of the world, so it's not much of a surprise that the world doesn't believe in privacy for Zuckerberg. The Facebook founder and new bride Priscilla Chan are honeymooning in Italy, and details of their trip are...

Berlusconi Burlesque Girl Dressed as ... Obama?

She wanted to cheer up Italy's embattled former leader

(Newser) - This could make for an awkward diplomatic conversation down the road: One young woman says she dressed up as a burlesque version of Barack Obama to entertain former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Reuters reports that the racy routine took place at one of Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties—...

World's Smallest Artificial Heart Saves Baby's Life

11-gram pump kept Italian boy alive before transplant

(Newser) - A 16-month-old Italian baby is alive today thanks to an artificial heart that only weighs about as much as two nickels. Doctors in a Rome hospital used the artificial heart, the world's smallest, to keep the boy alive for 13 days until a heart could be found for a...

Casualty of Italy Quake: $320M of Cheese

Aftershocks continue to rattle region

(Newser) - Northern Italy is still being hit by aftershocks this morning, one day after a 6.0 earthquake killed at least seven people and left 11,000 displaced, with thousands forced to spend the night in tents or cars. Two of the aftershocks have had a magnitude of 5.1, and...

6 Dead in Italian Earthquake

Strongest quake to hit Italy in 3 years damages buildings, injures many

(Newser) - A 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy early today has killed at least six people and injured 50, reports CNN . The earthquake occurred at 4am local time, about 22 miles north of Bologna, and sent thousands of people fleeing into the streets for safety. Serious damage was reported to many...

Bomb at Italian School Kills Teen, Injures Others

Speculation links bomb to anti-Mafia judge or anti-austerity protests

(Newser) - A bomb exploded in front of a school in southern Italy today, killing a teenage girl and injuring at least six others, reports Reuters . Few details have been released yet, but the bomb appears to have placed inside a garbage can near the entrance of the school and exploded at...

Mobster's Tomb Opened in Quest to Solve Vatican Mystery

Bones removed from Roman basilica in search for missing teen

(Newser) - Italian cops cracked open the jewel-encrusted tomb of a murdered mob boss yesterday in a bid to solve the 1983 disappearance of a Vatican employee's teenage daughter. Experts opened the casket of Enrico de Pedis inside the crypt of a prestigious Roman basilica and discovered that he was the...

Berlusconi: 'Women Are by Nature Exhibitionists'

Bunga, bunga

(Newser) - Embattled former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made a surprise appearance at his own criminal trial today. Berlusconi is not legally required to attend the trial, which concerns the allegation that he hired an underage prostitute. But he showed up anyway to observe and during a break decided to tell...

To Protest Budget Cuts, Museum Torches Art

It calls burnings 'political, necessary, and compelling'

(Newser) - An Italian art museum is so mad about the budget cuts coming its way that it has begun burning art works in protest. The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum's eccentric director, Antonio Manfredi, set fire to a painting by French Artist Severine Bourguignon yesterday, the BBC reports, and let it...

3 More Bodies Found on Cruise Ship

28 bodies have now been found aboard Costa Concordia

(Newser) - An Italian official says searchers have found three bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which struck a reef off an Italian island in January. Today's development raises to 28 the number of bodies found. Four people remain missing and are presumed dead. Franco Gabrielli, the...

Italian Village Outlaws Death
 Italian Village Outlaws Death 
Mar 13, 2012 8:59 AM CDT

Italian Village Outlaws Death

No going six feet under in Falciano del Massico

(Newser) - The Italian village of Falciano del Massico isn't just cheating death—it's banned it altogether. Since the beginning of March, the town's 3,700 residents simply haven't been allowed to expire. The AP calls it a "tongue-in-cheek decree," noting that the odd declaration stems...

Costa Concordia Captain Forgot His Glasses: Lawyer

'Schettino had left his reading glasses in the cabin ': first officer's attorney

(Newser) - The Costa Concordia's captain wasn't wearing his glasses and told the first officer to handle radar duties for him on the night disaster struck off the coast of Italy, according to the first officer's lawyer. Speaking at a pretrial hearing today in the Tuscan city of Grosseto,...

Fire Sets Costa Sister Ship Adrift

No one hurt after engine-room crisis

(Newser) - Another public relations nightmare for operators of the Costa Concordia —though this time, no one was hurt. Concordia sister ship the Costa Allegra suffered a fire in its engine room, prompting the engines to be shut off some 260 miles from the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Now the...

Court Tosses Berlusconi Corruption Case

But the one involving an underage prostitute is still in the works

(Newser) - A Milan court has ruled that the statute of limitations has run out in a corruption case against Silvio Berlusconi, handing Italy's former prime minister another victory in a long string of judicial woes he has faced. The former Italian prime minister wasn't in court this afternoon when...

Child&#39;s Body, 3 Others Found on Costa Concordia
Child's Body, 7 Others
Found on Costa Concordia
UPDATED
Feb 22, 2012 12:33 PM CST

Child's Body, 7 Others Found on Costa Concordia

5-year-old Italian girl believed to be youngest victim

(Newser) - The body of a 5-year-old Italian girl, believed to be the youngest victim of the Costa Concordia disaster, was discovered today, along with seven other bodies. Due to the treacherous conditions, rescue officials weren't sure how long it would take to surface all the bodies from the deck where...

Police Grab $6 Trillion in Phony US Bonds

Crooks wanted forgeries to buy plutonium: Italian paper

(Newser) - A minor crime averted in Italy: Police seized $6 trillion in phony US Treasury bonds that a criminal network reportedly planned to use to buy plutonium. Cops grabbed the fake bonds at a Swiss trust company in the city of Potenza, they said yesterday. US experts identified the forgeries and...

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