ANSA. Italy may accept help from the United States following the L'Aquila earthquake, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday. After initially turning down offers of help that have poured in from abroad, Berlusconi appeared to change his mind after receiving ''a long phone call'' from US President Barack Obama as he toured temporary camps set up to house those who had lost their homes in the disaster. (Read the article)

Newsday. We are just so devastated," said Nancy DiFiore Quinn, 62, president of Order Sons of Italy in America, Grand Lodge of New York. "I felt so sad. I just started to pray that it wouldn't be too tremendous a tragedy." (Read the article)

The New York Times. On Monday, as he organized a fund-raising effort for the victims of the earthquake that struck central Italy earlier in the day, Steve Acunto, an honorary Italian vice consul in the New York region, paused briefly to consider the historical echoes in the day’s events. (Read the article)

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Italian aerospace and defense group Finmeccanica SpA (FNC.MI) said late Monday that the possible cancellation of a U.S. contract for the VH-71 presidential helicopter program won't have an impact on the group's earnings. (Read the article)

COMPUTER WORD. An earthquake today in the Italian region of Abruzzo had victims and concerned observers communicating through emergency use of mobile devices and reaching out for help and information via Facebook and YouTube. By late afternoon, the quake had rendered about 100,000 people homeless resulted in the death of at least 100 people. (Read the article)

FOX NEWS. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy in the wee hours of Monday morning has a complicated geological story behind it. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 3:32 a.m. local time (9:30 p.m., April 5 EDT), was near the medieval city of L'Aquila, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Rome. (Read the article)

REUTERS. The earthquake in central Italy on Monday has badly damaged several historic churches and other heritage sites, the Culture Ministry said. At least four Romanesque and Renaissance churches and a 16th century castle were partially destroyed by the quake centred in the medieval city of L'Aquila, the ministry said. Part of the nave of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, one of the area's most famous churches, collapsed. The quake was so powerful that its effects were felt in the capital Rome, 100 km to the west. The city's superintendent for archaeology said the Baths of Caracalla -- the Roman public baths built between AD 212 and 216 and a popular tourist attraction -- had suffered some damage. (Read the Article)