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BUSINESSWEEK. The founder of Tod's luxury leathergoods complained in full-page newspaper ads Saturday about the "indecent" conduct of Italian politicians pursuing personal interests while neglecting the struggling economy. (Read the article by Frances D'Emilio)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. In a shaky voice, Amanda Knox asked an appeals court here on Monday to overturn a 26-year conviction for the 2007 murder of her British roommate and allow her to return home to the United States and get her life back. (Read the article by Elisabetta Povoledo)
BUSINESSWEEK. Italy’s anthrax outbreak widened as the deadly animal disease spread to six more farms in the country’s south, bringing the total affected livestock holdings to 19 since the first confirmed cases almost four weeks ago. (Read the article by Ruth Ruitenberg)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. ON the last day of summer three tenors were taping the “Today” show. No, not those Three Tenors. These were mere boys, baby-faced Italian teenagers calling themselves Il Volo and belting the red-sauce favorite “O Sole Mio” in front of projections of stained-glass windows. (Read the article by Zachary Woolfe)
BUSINESS INSIDER. Two top Italian banking execs recently spoke about how contagion resulting from a Greek default would devastate their industry. First, federico Ghizzoni, the CEO of UniCredit, Italy's biggest bank, warned that it is important for the 17-nation currency bloc's leaders to reach a swift decision to resolve the crisis. (Read the article by Courtney Comstock)
THE MIAMI HERALD. There’s a new Italian restaurant in downtown’s One Miami building boasting a veteran chef who worked at a New York Italian hot spot. The bay views are sweeping, the white tablecloths are crisp and a table in the entryway is laden with pastas, tomatoes and other Italian products. (Read the article by Victoria Pesce Elliott)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. Over the last several years, the Roman Catholic Church in Italy has largely looked the other way as reports emerged of sex and corruption scandals among the country’s political elite, many of them centered on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But a recent published account of a party at Mr. Berlusconi’s home, where one female guest was said to have performed a striptease dressed as a nun, might have been more than the church could stand. (Read the article by Elisabetta Povoledo)
ANSA. Madonna is eyeing a house in the northern Italian city of Verona. "I confirm the American pop star's interest but I cannot add anything else," said Milan realtor Alessandro Proto, known for selling a villa to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Valpolicella, near Verona, and a penthouse outside Turin to Leonardo DiCaprio. (Read the article)
THE HUFFINGTON POST. The Italian actress who romanced George Clooney has done her last dance on "Dancing With the Stars." Elisabetta Canalis was dismissed from the show Tuesday, despite her third-place finish on Monday's episode. (Read the article)
BUSINESS INSIDER. Mariastella Gelmini, Italian minister of Education and Scientific Research, has issued a statement on the recent findings from CERN that called into question the theory of relativity. Unfortunately, members of the scientific community have taken issue with the statement for its factual errors and odd tone. (Read the article by Adam Taylor)