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THE NEW YORK TIMES. With only 960 residents and a handful of roads, this tiny hilltop village in the arid, sulfurous hills of southern Sicily does not appear to have major traffic problems. But that does not prevent it from having one full-time traffic officer — and eight auxiliaries. (Read the article by Rachel Donadio)
NME. "What do I think about Berlusconi? I wouldn't like to talk about it now. But didn't The Economist say it all?" Madonna told Oggi magazine. She was referring to a recent issue of The Economist in which a picture of the Italian PM accompanied the headline 'The man who screwed an entire country'. (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. The Italian Renaissance is firmly in place at Machiavelli, an elaborately decorated trattoria opening on Friday on the Upper West Side. Murals inspired by “The Battle of San Romano” by Paolo Uccello, a 15th-century Florentine painter, cover the walls, giving Sandro Chia’s Palio murals in the bar at Piano Due in Midtown a run for their money. (Read the article by Florence Fabricant)
TORQUE NEWS. FIAT announced the collaboration with actress, entertainer, philanthropist and entrepreneur Jennifer Lopez. The first element of the relationship will debut around the world, with the placement of the all-new 2012 Fiat 500 Cabrio in Lopez’s new music video, Papi, the latest single from the star’s new album, Love? on the Island Def Jam label. (Read the article by Don Bain)
ANSA. A fugitive Mafia boss believed to control protection rackets in central Palermo was caught Monday after six years in hiding. Antonino Lauricella, 57, was arrested and charged with extorting money from local merchants including construction managers, butchers and bakers as a top boss of the Cosa Nostra, or Siclian mafia. (Read the article)
THE FINANCIAL TIMES. Italy’s centre-right government is turning to cash-rich China in the hope that Beijing will help rescue it from financial crisis by making “significant” purchases of Italian bonds and investments in strategic companies. (Read the article by Guy Dinmore)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. September has been Italy’s most uncertain month, with questions about whether the Parliament will pass an austerity package, if that package will be stringent enough and how Europe’s fiscal stewards will react. (Read the article by Frank Bruni)
HAPER'S BAZAAR. Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have today been announced as the new creative heads of Italian footwear brand Superga. Ashley Olsen told, "I really don’t think there's anything like this brand. It's a tennis-shoe brand with 100 years under its belt. [It] just needs to start off in the right stores and be on the right people's feet." (Read the article)
SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER. Seattle student Amanda Knox says she feels people finally are starting to believe she was wrongly convicted for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher and that she hopes to be home in time for Thanksgiving. (Read the article)
THE WASHINGTON POST. Pope Benedict XVI prayed on Sunday for the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and their loved ones and appealed to the world to resist what he called the “temptation toward hatred.” (Read the article)