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TV Show Helps Identify Mother and Child Found Dead in Rome Park, and a Suspect

When two bodies were found in a popular Roman park, Italians wanted answers. A TV program specializing in missing people helped identify them, and a suspect.

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Forensic police officers working last month at the park where a woman and child were found dead in Rome.
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Mosaic of Lovers, Taken by Nazi Officer, Is Returned to Pompeii

The mosaic, which depicts a couple in an intimate bedroom scene, is among thousands of artifacts stolen from the ancient Roman city.

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Archaeologists believe the mosaic may have once decorated the bedroom floor of a villa or another private residence belonging to one of Pompeii’s wealthier families.
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How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso.

Prices for coffee beans have risen, but in a country where coffee drinking is a ritual, customers demand cheap espresso. That has left coffee bars in a bind.

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A cup of espresso at the Lavazza Museum in Turin, Italy. Executives from Lavazza and Illy have warned for more than a year that higher coffee prices are most likely here to stay.
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A Beloved Bloodhound, a Fatal Treat: A Gruesome Murder Mystery in Italy

The killing of Bruno, a decorated sniffer dog who ingested sausages stuffed with nails, has set off an outpouring of grief in Italy.

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Dog trainer Arcangelo Caressa with his bloodhound Bruno in Taranto, Italy, in January.
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La Scala Warns Opera Patrons: No Flip-Flops or Tank Tops Allowed

Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience.

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Visitors dressed in formal attire in the Teatro alla Scala bar in December.
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Man Dies at Milan Airport After Being Sucked Into Jet Engine, Official Says

The man was neither an employee nor a passenger. Milan Bergamo Airport did not say how he gained access to the taxiway where the plane was sitting.

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Flight operations were temporarily suspended at Milan Bergamo Airport on Tuesday morning, officials said.
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Gas Station Explosion Rattles Rome, Injuring Several

Dozens of people were injured, including 10 police officers and a firefighter, officials said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

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A fuel tank exploded in an eastern neighborhood of Rome. Firefighters and police officers had already been called to the gas station after an earlier incident involving a truck.
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