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ANSA. he government on Friday approved a package of economic liberalisations that had already been hotly contested before it was announced. (Read the article)
ANSA. Former Italy boss Marcello Lippi reiterated Friday that he is not yet ready to retire from soccer and said he was waiting for an offer from an ambitious national team. Lippi has not worked since his second stint at the Azzurri helm ended with a humiliating group-stage exit at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. (Read the article)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE. As every opera lover knows, ours is not exactly a golden age of Verdi singing. With full-fledged Italian dramatic voices in short supply, even the major opera companies must scramble to assemble even satisfactory casts for such enduringly popular if vocally demanding fare as Verdi's "Aida." (Read the article)
REUTERS. Nanni Moretti will be the jury president for this year's Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Friday. The 65th edition of the festival will be held in Paris from May 16 to 27. (Read the article)
FOXNEWS. At nearly twice the length of a standard Fiat 500, the all-electric LimoPresidential loses some of the maneuverability of the original. but is probably more agile over uneven ground than President Obama’s armored Cadillac. (Read article)
SMH.COM. The killing of two Senegalese migrants in Florence just before Christmas has triggered a court case by the daughter of American poet Ezra Pound demanding the Casa Pound movement stop using her father's name. (Read the article)
BLOOMBERG. Italy is bracing for a wave of strikes from cab drivers, pharmacists and other service providers to protest Prime Minister Mario Monti’s plan to spur competition and growth that he will present to European Union allies today. (Read the article)
CBS/AP. Joe Paterno, who racked up more wins than anyone else in major college football but was fired from Penn State amid a child sex abuse scandal has died. He was 85.
His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death. (Read the article)
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship. But is it realistic to expect skippers — only human after all — to suppress their survival instinct amid the horror of a maritime disaster? To ask them to stare down death from the bridge, as the lights go out and the water rises, until everyone else has made it to safety? From mariners on ships plying the world’s oceans, the answer is loud and clear: Aye... (Read article)
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - The amount of public anger directed toward the captain of the Costa Concordia, which wrecked off the Italian coast last week, may prevent him from receiving fair legal treatment... (Read article)