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Casualty of Italy Quake: $320M of Cheese

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:16:05 CDT

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

Mark Russell — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:04:00 CDT

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

Mark Russell — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:48:53 CDT

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

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:05 CDT

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 only...

Berlusconi: 'Women Are by Nature Exhibitionists'

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:27:47 CDT

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

Kevin Spak — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:11:26 CDT

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 burn...

3 More Bodies Found on Cruise Ship

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:50:56 CDT

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 Civil...

Italian Village Outlaws Death

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:59:35 CDT

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 from the fact that the village...

Costa Concordia Captain Forgot His Glasses: Lawyer

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:35:10 CST

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, the lawyer also...