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NEW YORK TIMES. Some people collect stamps, ornaments or miniatures, but Toni Hilton collects houses in the Monferrato region of northern Italy. “I’m a little bit of an obsessive,” she said, referring to the four properties that she and her husband own in and around Villa Sansecondo, a small town about 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Turin. (Read the Article)
ANSA. Italian atheists are ready to sue for freedom of speech after seeing a 'No God' bus slogan turned down across the country. (Read the article)
MSNBC. The location of an annual Central Coast car show featuring luxury Italian sports cars such as Ferraris and Lamborghinis remains a mystery after taking up new ownership. (Read the article)
EXAMINER. The best of Italy can be found right in the heart of Philadelphia – or at least in the heart of Philadelphia’s 2009 Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center! The show, entitled “Bella Italia,” showcases along with gardens, flowers and landscapes, the best of Italian food, accessories and design in the Grand Hall. (Read the article by Serenella Leoni)
HERALD TRIBUNE. On one side of a drab street in working-class Milan, a squat structure houses a conservative mosque linked in the past to suspected Islamic terrorists.On the other, an office building houses the budding newsroom of "Yalla Italia" (Let's Go, Italy), a monthly magazine written by 2Gs - the name here for second-generation immigrants - for young Muslims juggling identities and for Italians curious about a religion and a way of life barely extant just 20 years ago here. (Read the article by Elisabetta Polovedo)
LIFENEWS. Severino Antinori, an OBGYN known for his controversial medical work, claims to have created three babies using human cloning. He says the three are now older and living in Eastern Europe, but he appeared to provide no proof to back up his claims of reproductive cloning success. (Read the Article)
REUTERS. Italy will proceed with a rise in women's pension age for the public sector, mandated by Brussels to put them an equal footing with men, but the government does not believe the time is right for broader pension reform. (Read the Article)
ASSOCIATED PRESS. Roman Catholic bishops in Italy are urging the faithful to go on a high-tech fast for Lent, switching off modern appliances from cars to iPods and abstaining from surfing the Web or text messaging until Easter. (Read the Article)
NEW YORK TIMES. The German artist Martin Kippenberger was obsessed with the Ford Capri. Mr. Kippenberger, the subject of a retrospective show that opened at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday, did several pieces based on the pseudo-sporty Ford built in various versions from 1969 to 1987. He saw humor, rightly enough, in a car built and sold in Germany by an American-owned company and named after a tourist attraction in Italy. (Read the article by Phil Patton)
LOS ANGELES TIMES. Reporting from Milan, Italy -- Being a woman is a blood sport, according to Miuccia Prada, who on Sunday showed her own powerful vision of the tough chic that is emerging as one of the biggest fashion trends for fall. And it didn't involve the rocker wear we've seen from so many other Italian labels, including Gucci. (Read the artible by Booth More)