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CBS. Security cameras caught Caroline Giuliani, a Harvard theater major, allegedly stealing five products worth more than $100 from a Sephora makeup store on New York's Upper East Side. (Read the article)
ANSA. ritish rock star Sting and his wife Trudie Styler took centre stage in this medieval Tuscan town on Thursday, starring in two renditions of an experimental work known as 'Twin Spirits'. (Read the article)
Michela Vittoria Brambilla, tourism minister in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's divided conservative government, said on Thursday that it was time for Italy to review the race to prevent cruelty to horses. (Read the article)
REUTERS.COM Former Italy striker Roberto Baggio is poised to make a shock return to soccer as technical director at the Italian federation.
The shy 43-year-old, who shone at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, has shunned the limelight since retiring in 2004 and has only just started his coaching badges. (Read the Article)
NEWS.COM.AU. SILVIO Berlusconi faced fresh sex allegations today after a prostitute claimed she had shared a bed with the Italian prime minister and two other women. "I, the two girls from Rome and Berlusconi were in the bed," Maria Teresa De Nicolo, a 38-year-old escort, was quoted as telling a corruption inquiry in Italy, UK newspaper The Guardian reported. Read the article
THECELEBRITYCAFE.COM Following in the footsteps of George Clooney, Hollywood’s hottest couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, are now buying a $40 million villa in Italy. The vacation home is located in the north east of the country, it features 15 bedrooms, a home cinema, a gym, two swimming pools and jacuzzis. The home is reported to be 18,000 square feet (Read the Article)
BBC NEWS. An undiscovered Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, according to the Vatican newspaper. The painting depicts the martyrdom of St Lawrence and belongs to the Jesuits in Rome. It will now be examined in detail by art historians to find out if it really is the work of the famous Baroque painter. (Read the Article)
SOCCERNET.COM Spain's 1-0 defeat of the Netherlands in the World Cup final gave Paul the psychic octopus a 100% record for the tournament, and now the Italians are trying to claim "Paolo" as their own.Paul's correct prediction of the World Cup final result gave him an incredible eight out of eight correct picks. His psychic abilities are a mystery but now his nationality has come into question as well, with his German trainer saying he was caught in Italian waters, not born in England as first thought. Verena Bartsch told the Sunday edition of Germany's Bild newspaper that she caught him in April in the sea off the Italian island of Elba, near Tuscany, when he was four weeks old.(Read the article)
With great sadness, Fabio Cannavaro kissed the World Cup trophy before the 2010 FIFA World Cup final soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, July 11th, 2010. “I’m very proud and I’d like to thank Louis Vuitton and FIFA for organising this event. It’s something new and so it’s an honour to be the first person to take part. The Final will be really emotional because we’re going to hand over the Trophy that we’ve cherished for the last four years.” said Cannavaro who led the boys in blue to a championship in 2006. (Read the article)
USATODAY.COM In Italy today, no news was the news. Journalists went on strike to protest Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's bid to restrict wiretaps, a move he says is to protect the privacy of everyday Italians while journalists claim it's a gag law aimed at protecting him and corrupt officials. Newsstands were mostly empty, Internet sites weren't updated and the airwaves were practically news-free on this "day of silence" that the national journalists' union said was called to "show the kind of silence that the law would impose," Agence France-Presse reports. A few right-wing papers, including one owned by media mogul Berlusconi, appeared as usual. The proposal would bar the publication of transcripts of wiretaps and fine journalists nearly $600,000 for printing them.(Read the Article)