by Richard A. Annotico, Esq.
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VOLUME #13 - 2008
INDEX

December
  • Italians Buy Music by Italians: 12 Italians in First 12 Places
  • Justice Samuel Alito Jr Criticizies "The Sopranos" for Negative Italian American Stereotypes
  • "Lucia's Survival Guide and Cookbook"- from Pen to Publishing
  • Watch your Head on New Year's Eve - Celebrating in Italy 
  • "The Italian Americans of Greater Boston: A Proud Tradition,"
  • Sebastiani Vineyards, Century old, Family-owned California winery Sold
  • Beautiful Jazz in Beautiful Places - Orvieto - 16th Umbria Jazz Winter
  • Retreating from Tel Aviv, and Rediscovering Life in Umbria, Italy 
  • Pizzania - Pizza-Lasagna Hybrid, Sacrilige or Innovation
  • Italian Americans in American Comics
  • Soccer: David Beckham Enjoys Posh Introduction in Italy
  • Gabriele Muccino is Will Smith's Go-to Guy
  • "If You Eat, You Never Die: Chicago Tales" by Tony Romano
  • Italian Victims of Triangle Fire - Frances Perkins - and New Obama Labor Appointee Connection
  • Italian Holiday Tradition: - The Seven Fishes Dinner
  • Obama's "New Vision" to Use FDR's "New Deal" as Guidepost? Copied From Mussolini 
  • "Made-Off With My Money" Unlikely to Supplant "Ponzi Scheme"
  • Bernard Madoff Has Italian Victims in $50 Billion Scam - Biggest Ever
  • Tiber Rises 16 Feet as Heavy Rains Pound Italy, Rome Declares Emergency
  • Italy launches Milan-Bologna High-Speed Train to Connect with Rome
  • Guglielmo Marconi Demos Radio in 1896, Transmits  in 1901, on Dec 12
  • Italian Men the Most Handsome, Rated Globally, by Both Males and Females 
  • La Befana- Italy's Holiday Witch -Now has Official Home
  • A Daughter to Reign at Storied 623 yr old Florence Antinori Winery
  • Vincenza Scarpaci’s "The Journey of the Italians in America" a Soulful Epic
  • John Volpe, the Visionary - Anniversary of 100th Birthday
  • Gov. Napolitano's Heritage, Elevation, Border Strategies Fascinate Italy
  • High Tide Wallops Venice for 2nd Straight Day
  • Chicago Police Memo Reveals Anti-Italian Bias & Discrimination

  • November
  • Antonio Cassano Writes of His Tempestuous Fabio Capello Relationship
  • Paradise in This Life: Exquisite Estates and Gardens around Rome 
  • Italy to be European Hub of Dubai's Emirates Airline 
  • Italy Seeks Nazi "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" Firing Squad Commander
  • Sicilians are Different than Us 
  • Italy Baseball Team Expectations for 2009 World Cup Baseball Classic 
  • Italy Now Takes Aim at Cleveland Museum For Looted Antiquities
  • Cheeky Catanians "Drop Your Shorts" Tactic Beats Torino
  • Israel Organized Crime Rivals Italy
  • Minister Renato Brunetta has Become a Folk Hero, with his Anti-Slacker Campaign 
  • Fast Social Networking Slow to be Adopted by Italians
  • The Great Earthquake of Messina 1908, and US Assistance
  • Italy Calls US- E.Europe Missiles Plan "Provocative" 
  • Itay's Role in WWI by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Swiss to Return 4,400 Stolen Antiquities to Italy After 7 year Battle
  • Six Brothers Serve US in WWII, While US Raids Father's House...He was from Italy !!!
  • Other European "Gaffesters" Outdo Berlusconi re Obama Election
  • Italy's Financial Discipline Pays Off
  • Italian Nobel Prize Winners 
  • Obama Election Dominates Italian Press 
  • Cast Your Vote For New Jersey Hall of Fame Inductees
  • Obama-mania in Europe Reports Stars and Stripes
  • Erica Jong Tells Italians Obama Loss 'Will Spark Civil War"

  • October
  • Italy PM Craxi Warned Libya of 1986 US Bombing
  • Italy Banks Say: Give Us The Money, and No Questions! Similar to US
  • Italians Caution About Debt Will Help lt Through Financial Crisis
  • Life for Italians is so Different from Ours in US 
  • Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito Indicted in Karcher Murder
  • Italian Speeders Get Stopped in Style, with Lamborghini Gallardo 
  • Italians Evade 100 Billion Euros in 2007: US Evades $ 345 Billion
  • All Italy and Europe Roots for Obama 
  • Jews Wake Up to Threat of Christian Zionists
  • Fiat Offering Zero Interest Financing - Six years - to Boost Sales
  • "Paradise by the River" revisits Internment of Italians in Canada during WWII
  • Pizza Political Power 
  • Jewish Banks Masterminded Crisis - Zionist Plot
  • David Beckham to Join AC Milan 
  • Pasty Faced Effete British Tory Reinstated after Likening Italians to "Greasy Wops"
  • Italian Cuisine US Favorite by a Margin of 26% to 16% American !!
  • Vatican Pans Spike Lee's Film as No Miracle 
  • Chicago Columbus Day Parade Broadcast on ABC-TV for 2 Hours
  • Italian Culture Beyond Mob Movies Taught in New Jersey to Students Delight
  • Italian American Football Players
  • Shame on Tommy Lasorda - Choses Dodgers Over Grand Marshsall of SF Columbus Parade
  • Columbus Day Parades, Celebrations All Across US -Denver Grabs Spotlight 
  • The Ferocious 2009 Maserati GranTurismo - An Aural Fixation?
  • Call Me a Naive Italian American Jew: A Love Letter to Obama
  • "Renaissance Italy: Art and Love" at NY Met Museum - Nov 18- Feb 16
  • "The White War" - Farewell to Arms, but Hello to Fascism
  • Berlusconi's Honeymoon with the Italians 
  • Italy's Measures Can Deal with Any Bank Crisis 
  • Italy Pledges to Insure Deposits to S140,000, and Aid Banks if Needed
  • NY "Little Italy" Museum Opens, Italian Maps of NY Bouroughs
  • Italian American Leaders Endorse Obama/Biden
  • Italian Finance Minister Proposes US Type Bailout Plan for Europe 
  • Italy to Appoint Culture Czar to Maintain All Its 1500 Museums
  • Berlusconi Promises to Protect Italian Banks Against Speculators
  • Italy Unfazed by Global Economic Crisis

  • September
  • WWII Italian Partisans "Ambush" Spike Lee and "Massacre at Santa Anna"
  • “Sunshine and Struggle" Italian American History in Los Angeles
  • Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna" Tortures With Torturous War Movie -10 Reviews
  • Italy's Valentino Rossi clinches Sixth MotoGP World Title 
  • Italy Aims to Expand G-8 to G-14, to include China, Brazil, India etc.
  • Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna" - Sloppy, Absurdly Long Mashup of Combat Film Cliches
  • "Miracle at St. Anna", Spike Lee Super Historical Revisionist
  • Arturo Parisi Warns Italy of American Spaghetti-Democracy 
  • Book: Centennial of the Messina Earthquake of 1908, Worst in Europe 
  • Italian Women Best Out of Bed, Poll Claims
  • "Miracle at St Anna"- How 4 Black GIs won WWII, and by the way, 560 Italians were Massacred
  • Tony Alamo - Not Italian, But a Jews for Jesus Evangalist
  • Italy and Spain, only European Countries to Exceed the US in 3G Penetration
  • Little-Visited Puglia, Italy, Offers Warmth, Wine and Glorious Cuisine
  • German Denies World War II Atrocity in Italy 
  • Treasures of European Folklore: Not From Germany, But in Sicily
  • Italians Fighting Corruption of Language by English
  • Sept 11: Europe and World Cynical About Perpetrators
  • Europe says: Vote Obama - Or Else!!
  • WWII Deportation of 600,000 Italians for German Labor Camps during Salo Republic Remembered 
  • Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna" One Man's Massacre is another’s Miracle
  • Book: "The White War" - The Italy-Austrian Front in WWI
  • Italy sets Example in Healing Colonial Wounds with Libya Pact
  • Italy Could be Europe's Next Big Solar Power Market

  • August
  • Internet Traffic Shifts from US to ITALY, China and Japan
  • Italy Shows the US How to Handle a Home Owner Mortgage Crisis
  • I'm a Brit, But I want to Be Italian 
  • Day 16: Final Results: Beijing 2008 Italy Wins 28 Medals for NINTH Place
  • Day 14: Beijing 2008: Italy's Alex Schwarzer Gold in 50km Marathon Walk -Total 22 Medals and Still10th
  • Diana Taurasi Leads US Women's Basketball Team into Finals
  • Day 13: Beijing: Italy Gets Silver and Bronze for Total of 21 Medals
  • Day 12: Update on Italy's Volleyball and Water Polo Results at Beijing
  • The Italians Have a Word For It: "Americanata"
  • English: Official Language ? Press #2 For Italian?
  • Beijing 2008; Day 11; Italy Still in 10 th Place with Nineteen (19) Medals
  • Italy Still in Top 10 Medal Winners at Beijing 2008 
  • Italy out of Beijing 2008 Soccer in Controversial Fashion - Belgium 3, Italy 2
  • Italy Illegal Immigration 'Soars', Actually Doubles from Last Year
  • Italy Institutes Labor Reforms Aimed at "Fannulloni" (Idlers) 
  • Play: "Italian American Reconciliation" - Romantic Tragedy-
  • Italy Plans Disneyland-style Theme Park Depicting Ancient Rome
  • Italy Wins 2 More Golds, Shooting and Wrestling for Total of 13
  • Books: Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944-1945 & The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944.
  • Italy's Federica Pellegrini Wins Gold in Women's 200 Freestyle
  • Kobe Bryant: I'd Go To Italy For $50M
  • Italy Currently in Fourth Place in Medals at Beijing 2008 Olympics
  • Italy Suffers from Over Abundance of Cultural Treasures
  • Italy Women Volleyballers #2 in World Outgun Powerful Russia at Olympic Opener
  • American-Born Giuseppe Rossi Shines for Italy at Olympics in Soccer 
  • Remarkable Revival of Fiat Began with the Grande Punto, Continued with Bravo, and Switched into Overdrive with the Fiat 500
  • Andrea Bocelli: May Not Satisfy Purists, But Has Converted Millions to Classical Music 
  • Italy Turns to Military to Quell Crime. US Could Learn a Lesson
  • Italy's Economy on Up Swing as a Result of Reforms
  • Italy and Libya Continue Reconciliation Efforts
  • Italians Go to War Against The London Times 
  • Obama Non Visit to Italy NOT a Sin of Omission

  • July
  • Italians Devise Device to Fight Rising Food Prices
  • Italian American Baseball Players 
  • Hadrian Exhibition in London Ratifies Obama Mid East Position
  • Drowned Roma Girls: "The Picture that Shames Italy". A Prejudiced Distortion
  • Italy Has Undeserved Crime Reputation. EU and US Look to Thine Selves!
  • Italy's Rossi Wins US Moto Grand Prix at Laguna Seca
  • Crimes in US Under Rated, Over Exaggerated in Italy
  • Ronaldinho Signs with Milan AC - Fans Estatic
  • Veni, Vidi, Venice: The Three Intriguing Campi
  • Italian Prosecutors Finally Request THREE Indictments in Karcher Case 
  • Italy: This Year's Popular Baby's Names 
  • Bush Insults Italy and Berlusconi in Press Release, Apologizes 
  • Manhattan Special; Old Fond Memories for I-A New Yorkers
  • Vaffancola Introduced in Italy to Pay Homage to Beppe Grillo's “F*ck Off” Day- September 8
  • Berlusconi's Bailout of Alitalia Shunned by Italians
  • Saving ITALIAN AP (Advanced Placement) Language Priority
  • Spain #1 in FIFA Rankings, Italy #2 
  • Barilla Calls US/EU Bio Fuel Policy "Madness"
  • Muslims Teach Italian Americans How To Fight Sterotypes in Film
  • English Collegues Scoff at Marco Niada's "The New London, Capital..."
  • Italians Turn to Pasta Over Pizza Which Has Become Luxury
  • Europe Catches America's Economic Cold - Italy May Escape
  • Slurs Betrays a Deep Contempt of Race, Ethnicity, or Gender

  • June
  • Are Italians White or Caucasian?
  • WA Democrats to Change Sopranos-Themed Gov Candidate Dino Rossi Ad 
  • Italians Give S. Wales AM Alun Cairns Chance To Make Amends
  • Massachusetts Senate President Robert E. Travaglini Feted
  • NJ State Senators Condemn Miller/NBC for Rocco Mediate Slurs
  • Italian Admiral Di Paola Takes Over as NATO's Top Military Officer
  • Danilo Gallinari, 19 yr old from Milan, Italy Drafted by NY Knicks
  • Sinking of "Arandora Star"- July 2, 1940 - 448 Italian Internees Drown
  • The Italian Campaign in WW II: "Italy’s Sorrow"- "The Day of Battle" 
  • Venice Overwhelmed by Mega Cruise Liners
  • Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada Accused of Ignoring Bribery Schemes
  • Donadoni may pay a high price for defeat . Lippi back in charge of Italy?
  • Spike Lee's Stereotyping Ridiculed by Dr. Dona De Sanctis
  • Obit: Rudy. J. Vecoli, 81, Director of Immigration History Research Center, Minnesota U.
  • Spain Beats Italy 4-2 on PKs , after 0-0 in Euro 2008
  • Does US Want Another Cowboy President? Italian Journalist asks
  • Rocco Mediate Apology from Johnny Miller, Golf Analyst for Slur
  • Dante Alighieri Pardoned 700 Years Later - - What a Relief !
  • Irony: Fueding Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee Pics "St. Anna," and "Changeling" Contenders for Oscars
  • Sons of Italy Demand Suspension of Sportscaster Miller for US Open Runner-up Rocco Mediate Slur!
  • Italy vs. Spain, Quarterfinals, Euro 2008, Sunday, June 21
  • Leading Welsh MP Resigns Posts For Calling Italians 'Greasy Wops'
  • "Sweepers" by John Picardi, Three Generations of Italian American are Swept by Change 
  • Azzurri Were Cheated in 2002 World Cup - Ecuadorian Referee Finally Admits
  • Italy Wins!!!! Through to Quarter Finals vs. Spain
  • Europe Consumed With Holland Possibly "Throwing" Game with Romania on Tuesday
  • Grand Italian Gardens Interest English and American Tourists
  • Holland NOT "Throwing" Match with Romania, Critical to Italy’s Advance in Euros 2008
  • Aldo Moro Murder 30 years ago. The Truth?
  • Fury Created by Tory Candidate in Wales, Calling Italians "Greasy Wops"
  • Italy Fumes After Romania Draw in Euro Soccer
  • Documentary of Courage of Italians Saving Jews in Italy During WWII
  • Bush Tours Europe - And NO One Cares
  • Bush Meets with Berlusconi 
  • Spike Lee Takes Hit Over Portrayal of Italians
  • Dutch thrash Italians 3-0 as Romania holds France to Tie
  • Europe Not So Happy to See Bush, But Pleased That He Will Be Gone
  • Gianni Riotta, Rai TV, Italy Interviews US President Bush 
  • Obit: Dino Risi, 91; Film Director Chronicled, Satirized Postwar Italy
  • Euro 2008 Soccer Championship Finals Start, Surprise - Brits Back Italy!
  • Canadians Favor Obama over McCain in Landslide
  • Italians Favor Reopening Brothels - Repealing 1958 "Merlin Law"
  • Italian Court Rules Germany Must Pay for "Hitler's Italian Slaves"
  • The Mythology of "Rape of the Sabine Women"
  • Sophia Loren Honored by Turner Classic Movies Series
  • Is Italy Flirting with Fascism? Quick Answer? NO!
  • Muhammad Takes Milan by Storm 
  • Authentic Abruzzi: Le Virtù, in South Philly 
  • Friendly to US Italy to Be Location of First Major Foreign Event for New US President
  • Bocce Enhances Northern California Wineries 
  • 10 Books and Movies to Prep for a Trip to Rome
  • Exploring Rome's Famous Seven Hills
  • ROME: Italy's Capital City is a Fascinating Place to Settle Down
  • Those Italian Americans and Their Fig Trees In Inhospitable NY

  • May
  • Obama Beats McCain in European Vote: US Election 2008
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa Now Safe, Repairs Completed
  • Berlusconi Wants Bridge to Sicily
  • UN Rome Summit: Ahmadinejad of Iran to Visit
  • I Would go Anywhere to Hang out with Italians, Especially Neapolitans
  • Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona -- MY HERO
  • Higher Class Prostitutes in Italy than in US
  • Italy Scores a 2nd & 3rd at Cannes Festival with Gomorrah & Il Divo
  • "Miracle at St. Anna" About Sant'Anna di Stazzema Massacre 
  • Italy is Kiwi King of World? WHAT??
  • Obit: Robert Mondavi, 94; Powerful Ambassador for California Wine
  • Maybe US MAY Learn From Italy.- When Politicians Shirk Their Duties,..
  • "My Brother is An Only Child": Daniele Luchetti's 1960's Drama
  • "Peace"- Story of U.S. Soldiers scrabbling up an Italian Mountainside
  • Matthew Fox of "Lost" & "Speed Racer" on Jay Leno
  • Berlusconi Claims "Right of First Night" With Female Cabinet Minister
  • Italian Refused Entry, Refused Exit, US Claims He Asked for Asylum...
  • Simon Rodia's "Watts Towers" To Have 2005 Storm Damage Repaired
  • They're Doing it Frank Sinatra's Way  - Ol' Blue Eyes is the Color of Money 
  • Italian Mafia is History, While Jewish Russian Mafiya and Israeli Kosher Nostra Take Charge
  • The Romans in Israel 
  • The Bardi/Parma,Italy and Wales, UK Connection
  • Illegals in England Sneak Back OUT to Escape Weather and NHS
  • Why Italian Left Has Been Considered Unfit to Lead Italy
  • US Presidents Can Learn from "The GodFather"
  • "Padre Pio" Shrine Becomes Bigger Attraction than "Lourdes"
  • Feminism Emasculates British Men -Who Lose Interest in Sex
  • Italians Have Most Fun in Bed 
  • Rome Jews Playing Dangerous Game in Supporting Election of Fascist Mayor
  • Italians "Preserve" Roman Archeology While Modernizing Cities
  • Europe's Basketball League Turns 50
  • Italy Posts Individual’s Income Details on Web - For 24 Hours

  • April
  • Video: Justice Antonin Scalia Interview on "60 Minutes"
  • The Heart says Fiat 500.- Common Sense and the Wallet says Hyundai
  • Berlusconi's Wife Calls for De-Unification of Italy
  • Domenico Mancini Publishes "Il Giornale Italiano" in Detroit last 10 years
  • California Assembly Bill AB1863 For the Contributions of Italian-Americans
  • Lynching of Italian POWs at Ft Lawson, in Seattle, WA
  • Italy's Padre Pio Goes on Display in Glass Coffin in Southern Italy
  • Italy and US "Spoleto Festivals" Renew Ties Ended 15 years Ago
  • Tourists 'Stripping Ancient Rome Bare'
  • Cassini Spacecraft to Saturn Mission, 11 yeats old, Extended 2 more Years
  • Putin Says Italian Women, Second only to Russians in Beauty and Talent
  • Book:"Peace" by R Bausch: US Soldiers in Italy in Closing of WWII
  • A Stroll in Rome: The Requisite Stops
  • Joe Calzaghe vs Bernard Hopkins, Light Heavy Bout in Vegas on April 19
  • Fiamma Nirenstein, "Settler" from Gilo area Wins Seat in Parliament
  • Italy Moves Toward 2 - Party System - From 26 to 6?
  • Italian American Network Formed - Fearuring Video Clips and Webisodes 
  • Berlusconi Mocks Spain for "Pink" Cabinet
  • Italy's Once Mighty Communist Party Fades to Anti Capitalistic "Movement"
  • Italy Election Turnout Puts USA to Shame
  • "Carnera- The Walking Mountain"- Movie Premiere Tribute to Carnera
  • Selling Pompeii - To Control Visitors and Raise Money - Too American 
  • Berlusconi Wins Italian Election 
  • FBI- 100th Anniversary 1908-2008 - Founded By Charles J Bonaparte
  • 'My Brother Is an Only Child' - Sibling, Political Rivals in 1960s Italy
  • Puglia: Italy's Heel Has it All -- shh, Except Hordes of Tourists
  • Italy Votes on Sun/Mon Might Return Berlusconi to Power 
  • "Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944-1945" The Italian Campaign
  • The Sicilian Straits Bridge - 142 years Old, but Not Built Yet
  • Italian Elections: Berlusconi and Veltroni: Reluctant Winners?
  • "Lambrusco". The Italian Indominatable Spirit during WWII
  • When in Doubt in Car Design, Hire an Italian
  • Dual Citizenship Gains Popularity with Americans of Italian Descent
  • Euro Out? Lira Back?
  • Carla Bruni Enlisted by Britain to Give it Style, Glamour and Sophistication
  • UW Student Amanda Knox and Two Accomplices Ruled to Remain in Jail
  • Italy's Need for an Army of Elderly and Child Caretakers
  • Nazi Hunt: Italians do it Better 
  • Maintaining American Pride amidst some "Ugly Americans" in Italy

  • March
  • Leona Lewis: Gets Good Looks from Italian Ancestry
  • Venice St Mark's Campanile to Topple?
  • Amaro: A New Sweetheart from Italy
  • Dandelions are an Italian Salad and Wine Delicacy
  • "Sicilian Crossings to America .." Exhibit at Stony Brook U.
  • No Ban on Italian Buffalo Mozzarella, Only Media 
  • Italian Men Revere Mamma in Song
  • Italians to Build Russian New Supercity "Globe Town" for 500,000 
  • Shakespeare May Have Visited Venice After All
  • "Ibiz" - From Laborer Lunch Bag to Chic Hand Bag
  • Olive Oil in US: No Self-Respecting Italian Would Consume. 
  • Alitalia Takeover Becomes 'Cause Celebre' in Italy, with Elections Looming
  • Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War, 44-45 by J. Holland - Was it worth it?
  • Mario Cuomo: Views on the Election Process
  • Venice - Raise the Bridge or Lower the River
  • Italian Porcelain, the First of European 
  • Obit: Anthony Minghella, 54; Director, Oscar for 'English Patient'
  • Naked News Hits Italy
  • Spain Overtakes Italy GDP, But Staring at a Crunch
  • RE: Sal Paolantonio: Professor, Renaissance Man, and Sportscaster
  • Sal Paolantonio: Professor, Renaissance Man, and Sportscaster
  • Siena: An Italian City for Italians
  • Those Honey Bees are Most Likely Italian
  • U.S. and Italy Break Austrian Stranglehold on Ski World Cup
  • No Job, No Money, Not to Worry says Berlusconi: Marry Wealth
  • Emma Marcegaglia - Italy's First Woman 'Boss of Bosses'
  • Those Italians: Penchant to Forgive and Forget is Divine
  • "Mafia For Tourists", Guide Book, by Sicilian Professor Corrects Distortions 
  • In the Rain, Rome is Fashionable and Gallant
  • "La Gazzetta dello Sport" Now Available in English Online
  • Francis Ford Coppola Relishes New Career in Italian-Infused Argentina 
  • Italians Ready to Celebrate "Italian" St Patricks Day
  • Italian Candidates Must Campaign Civily
  • Sicilian American Student in Syracuse Sicily Reports
  • Italians Subjected to Racist Graffiti at York University, Toronto, Canada
  • Milan Offers Drug Test Kit for Parents of Teens 
  • Obit: John Larner: Historian of Renaissance Italy, Columbus, and Marco Polo
  • Edoardo Mantelli of Tocca, Retreats to Tuscany Retreat in Hudson Valley
  • Lauren Ambrose (D'Ambruoso)  with Two Emmy Nominations
  • Italian "La Scala" Suffers From Foreign "Infiltration"
  • Spanish Hate the Italians Because of Their Football
  • Sicily, Heaven on Earth: Italian Screen Beauty Maria Grazia Cucinotta
  • Italian Cinema is Making a Remarkable Comeback 
  • Italy and the World Glued to US Primary Like at No Other Time
  • First in Europe- Google Public Transit Itinerary- In Italy
  • Women Can Commit Perjury About Adultery, Italy High Court Rules. 
  • Italy's Latest Target is The 'Cleveland Museum of Art'
  • Belusconi Slips From Top Italy Spot- Now Only Third Richest 
  • Italian Peace Keepers Capture Hearts of "Special Needs" Kids in Lebanon
  • Crotch Grabbing - To Ward Off Evil - Outlawed in Italy 
  • Don't Mess with Texas ...Or Italian Women !!!!!
  • When in Rome, say “Non sono americana” 
  • March 4, 1897: Italian Setback in Abyssinia Creates Remorse in England
  • Italians in "The Ludlow Massacre and Class War" in So. Colorado- 1913-14
  • "Soviet Jewry" is the New "Mafiya" in Chicago
  • Italians Give French Food the Boot at EU Brussels 
  • "Four Seasons" Musical Jersey Boys To Repeat US Success in Britain? 
  • Obit: Caesar Casale : Rare Educator, Taught With Love and Dedication
  • "Role and Contribution of Italian Americans" - Anthony Portantino
  • Tony Nardi- My Hero - Stages His Rants 
  • Barack Obama Style: Sprezzatura ?? or Koolth ??
  • WWII Brutally Mismanaged Italian Campaign Exposed by Cartoonist 
  • "Bianco e Nero" Italian Film re Interracial Love Is Surprise 
  • The Trulli of Puglia, Tiny Round One Room Cone Roofed Hut

  • February
  • Italy and Israeli "Fragmented" Political Systems Similar Pros and Cons vs "Two Party " Sytems
  • Italy "Food Fraud" Police on Alert 
  • Italian Heritage in Wales Boosted By #50,000 Oral History Project
  • Veltroni Outlines Radical Italy PM Campaign Platform
  • NASA International Space Station "Harmony" Module Built in Italy
  • Rediscovering Jacob Riis; Advocate of Italian Immigrants
  • Sicilians Claim to be Continent Because of Remarkable Varieties
  • Italy Beware; Malware (virus, worms, spam) Goes Global
  • Mafia Defector Apologizes for Creating Italian Negative Stereotypes
  • Italians, Israelis, etc. Where Does Allegiance of Americans Lie?
  • Influence of 20,000 Chinese in Milan 
  • "Made in Italy" by Chinese Immigrants?
  • Sliwa Does Penance for Italian American Slur
  • Italy Foreign Aid Overlooked
  • Italians, French, Spanish and Germans Would Back Obama
  • Book: "Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food"
  • Italy Has Inspired English Artists and Architects For Last 250 Years 
  • The Italian Immigrant Experience In Lockhaven PA
  • Small town in Southern Italy, Sends Half of Italy's Boxers to Olympics
  • Italy's ENI Reaches 1 Billion Agreement with Chavez's Venezuela
  • NYTimes; One Italian in a Funk Can Generate as Much Happiness Static, as Three Danes on Cloud Nine.
  • "Beast of Balzano" Returned to Italy to Serve Life Sentence - In Luxury?
  • The Cycling Worlds '08 in September - The Art of Winning, Italians Do It Best
  • American "Instant Gratification" vs Italian "Deserving"
  • Americanism: An Indictment From a Euopean/Italian Perspective
  • Polak Radio Host Curtis Sliwa Apologizes for Claiming 1 in 5 Italian Staten Islanders 'Mobbed Up"
  • Comic Beppe Grillo: To Germans: "Please Declare War on Us!" We'll Surrender - You'll Make Us Efficient!
  • US Supreme Court Justice Alito: Growing Up Italian in New Jersey
  • Justice Alito Criticizes 'Sopranos,' Italian-American Stereotypes
  • Prostitution Changing in Italy -Two Tier
  • This Italian Election Is Different. Really
  • Italians Living Longer, More Couples With Children out of Wedlock
  • Lieutenant Giuseppe “Joe" Petrosino Revisited
  • Lisa Lampanelli, Comedian: on the Verge of Respectability
  • Italians Want a US Democrat Prez - Veltroni To Be Italian Obama 
  • Naples Garbage Crisis Over - - Reminder of London's 1979 "Winter of Discontent" 
  • The Italian Crime Novel - Mafia No Where in Sight!
  • Spain Edging Past Italy GDP??? Whoa! Let's Reconsider!!!!
  • Italic Institute Critiques "Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies" 
  • Rudolph Valentino: Hollywood's FIRST Male Sex Symbol
  • Italians, American, British Youth - Too Much Video Fun To Consider
  • "Ciao Bella" Iranian learns Italian Seduction Secrets From Teammates
  • "Super Mario" Do Parents Know What Kids are Watching?
  • Italians Influence in Manchester England; "Little Italy"- Ancoats 
  • Super Bowl? In Italy? Who Cares!! The US Elections, NOW You Have Their Attention !!
  • Italians' Contribution to Asia Seminar 
  • Carnevale, began with Romans, then to Italians, to Paris, then to New Orleans, and Rio 
  • "Argitalians" making Italy a Growing Force in Rugby
  • Italian Soccer Champs to Star in "L’allenatore Nel Pallone 2"
  • We're All Fascists Now; according to Jonah Goldberg 
  • Getty Gets Bernini Exhibit as Reward for Return of Looted Italian Antiquities
  • Celebrating Italy in New Zealand??
  • The Italian Lizzarrdi Family that Sheltered 5 Jewish Children vs Nazis Saluted on Holocaust Day
  • Rome Opera Singer Savior of Cleveland's Italian Rennaissance Gardens

  • January
  • Italians and the Brazilian Experience
  • Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County Doesn't Run a Ritz Carlton Jail
  • Italian Swim Team Tragedy of Bremen 1966
  • Italian Red Brigades: Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, or Puppets ?
  • Italians Show What Religious Tolerance Is 
  • Mussolini Museum to Open in Salo
  • US Nuclear Sub Base at Maddalena, Sardinia to Close in Response 
  • JUSTICE for DENVER, CO COLUMBUS IA PARADE Marchers - Leaders of Protests Found Guilty and Fined
  • Legendary Italian Reinhold Messner's Trek to South Pole
  • One Idiot Art Critic Says: Italy Can Afford to Share the Art Wealth
  • Investing Obstacles in Italy Slow Growth 
  • "Italians of the Gold Country" Amador County, CA.
  • Joy (Occhiuto) Behar- Co Host of "The View" - 25 yr Comedian
  • "Beast of Bolzano" of WWII Infamy Face Life Sentence
  • Sao Paulo Brazil Has Italian Flavor in Food and Language
  • "An Italian Sense of Place: Land and Identity" - at Montclair State, NJ
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