Amauri completes move to Fiorentina from Juve

24 January 2012, 12:42 pm

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Brazilian striker Amauri has completed a move to Fiorentina after having fallen out of favor at Juventus. Amauri has not made a single appearance for Juventus this season since returning in the offseason from a loan spell at Parma.... Read More »

Amauri on verge of joining Fiorentina from Juve

24 January 2012, 7:08 am

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Brazilian striker Amauri is undergoing a medical at Fiorentina after having fallen out of favor at Juventus. Amauri has not made a single appearance for Juventus this season since returning in the offseason from a loan spell at Parma.... Read More »

Rizzo called up to Italy 6 Nations squad as cover

24 January 2012, 7:01 am

Prop Michele Rizzo has been called up to Italy's Six Nations squad to play France and England after an international absence of three and a half years. Italy coach Jacques Brunel called up the Treviso player as cover on Tuesday after Alberto De Marchi was injured playing for Aironi. The 29-year-... Read More »

Truck Strike Spreads From Sicily to Rest of Italy

24 January 2012, 6:38 am

Truck roadblocks went up across Italy on Monday paralyzing main traffic arteries in a protest against high fuel costs. Organizers say it will continue until Friday.... Read More »

Leonardo Da Vinci may be at the heart of a real art mystery

19 January 2012, 8:38 am

Falko Kuester, pictured December 16, 2011, at UC San Diego, is working with a team of researchers using cutting-edge technology to search for a Leonardo Da Vinci painting that may be hidden behind a mural in Florence, Italy.... Read More »

Search for Da Vanci work is controversial

18 January 2012, 5:37 pm

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. and Italian art historians say they believe a work by Leonardo da Vinci may be hidden behind a Florence palace wall covered by a later 16th-century fresco.... Read More »

Italian shock photographer launches penis calendar

12 January 2012, 6:56 pm

FLORENCE, Italy - Italian shock photographer Oliviero Toscani has done it again -- this time with a calendar featuring 12 penis close-ups in an ad for a group of companies that make naturally-tanned leather.... Read More »

More Action For Vinny & Snooki In New Season Of 'Jersey Shore'?

4 January 2012, 12:40 pm

Last season, in Florence, Italy, "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino continued their tradition of randomly hooking up, but will the pair "smoosh" again in the new season that finds the reality stars back in Seaside Heights, New Jersey?... Read More »

Will Vinny & Snooki Continue Their On-Screen Hookups In New Season Of 'Jersey Shore'?

4 January 2012, 12:40 pm

Last season, in Florence, Italy, "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino continued their tradition of randomly hooking up, but will the pair "smoosh" again in the new season that finds the reality stars back in Seaside Heights, New Jersey?... Read More »

Shop til' you drop in Florence

31 December 2011, 11:15 pm

The deal: The Hotel Lungarno and Gallery Hotel Art, both in Florence, Italy, are offering the "Suite Shopping Package."... Read More »

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