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• Distant spacecraft scans Earth for life
When the Earth is in a good position, we observe it two or three times per month," said Giuseppe Piccioni, VIRTIS co-principal investigator, at the Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica in Rome, Italy. The satellite has taken about 40 ...
• Star Jones says ‘View’ co-hosts were ‘hateful’
She was able to put her life back together with a summer trip to Italy with friends, including singer Natalie Cole. Jones is now in talks to return to television in a non-scripted series and says she’s also ready to give love another try. “I want ...
• Former leaders in Iran to support Khatami
Reformists are eager to interpret the presence of former world leaders — including former Irish President Mary Robinson, and the former prime ministers of Italy and France, Romano Prodi and Lionel Jospin — as a gesture of support for Khatami. The ...
• Europe puts $2.3 trillion on line for banks
Italy did not earmark a specific amount but Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti told reporters the government would offer “as much as necessary.” The European moves are modeled on Britain’s 50 billion-pound ($88 billion) plan to partly nationalize ...
• Obama-supporting nun, 106, shocked by fame
The story of Sister Cecilia, who was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and voting by absentee ballot over the Internet, was picked up by Italy's leading newspaper, Corriere della Sera, and other media. "She is very proud to be an American," Sister ...