EXAMINER. If you go to Sunday dinner at the home of an Italian-American, arrive hungry. “Mangia! Mangia! (Eat! Eat!) Tomorrow you diet,” urged my grandmother. So, we ate! The best part is you don’t have to be Italian to wow your guests with an authentic Italian feast that will fill up the hungriest paisano! (Read the article by Valerie Golik)

AP.  Was Queen Elizabeth II angry at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for trying too hard to get President Barack Obama's attention? Apparently not. The question developed after video surfaced on YouTube showing the queen complaining about Berlusconi talking too loudly during a visit to Buckingham Palace before the Group of 20 summit. (Read the article by Gregory Katz)

VARIETY. The San Francisco Film Society will present Francis Ford Coppola the founder's directing award at the 52nd San Francisco Film Festival on April 30 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. (Read the article)

REUTERS.- Britain's Queen apparently tells off Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for being "too loud".talian newspapers ribbed Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday for apparently being called "too loud" by Queen Elizabeth during a group photo with G20 leaders, after he yelled out "Mr Obama!" to the U.S. president. Berlusconi's office issued a statement saying he "never said what is attributed to him by news agencies regarding President Obama". Penny Tweedie reports. (You Tube video)

The New York Times. On one side of a drab street in working-class Milan, a squat structure houses a conservative mosque that was once believed to be a hub of radical Islam in Italy. Even now, after a government crackdown drove off extremists, the mosque’s deeply conservative members remain mostly aloof from Italian society. Across the street, the newsroom of Yalla Italia (Let’s Go, Italy) churns out a magazine written by “2Gs” — or second-generation immigrants — that tries to introduce Italians to the cultures of its new residents and to help young Muslim immigrants navigate their dual identities. (Read the article by Elisabetta Povoledo)

THEVILLAGER. Books. The boho-beatnik, boutique, food and folk music scenes of Greenwich Village have made indelible marks in the imagination of people everywhere. Less reknowned are the Italian-American immigrants who lived in the area around Washington Square and the stories about their lives, love, and rabbletrousing. (Read the article by Christine Palamidessi Moore)

The New York Times. Dollars usually buy slices at this pizza joint. Mondays are different. AS recently as a decade ago, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, teemed with macho Italian-American teenagers who could turn a warm night into something that resembled the set of “Saturday Night Fever".  Now, Mondays in the neighborhood are Fondle nights. Sort of. The area’s first gay bar scene began in February, and its presence is surprising in a neighborhood increasingly known for its stroller traffic and one that has been a Catholic stronghold.(Read the article by Steven Kurutz)

The New York Times. Westchester. Andrew J. Spano, the county executive, said he was concerned that some shifts in state policy, like the dismantling of Rockefeller-era drug laws, would force an increase in local spending. (Read the article by Ross Goldberg)

ANSA. A couple on trial for the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher joked about having ''hot sex'' as they shopped for underwear the day after Kercher's body was found, a Perugia court heard. (Read the article)

ANSA. Italy's wine sector has not been immune to the global economic downturn but it has been able to the weather financial storm, Italian Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia said on Thursday. (Read the article)