EUROVISIONARY. Marco Carta has won the 59th Sanremo festival with the song, La Forza Mia, which he also wrote. His victory was decided with a combination of votes from a jury and the public. (Read the article by Steve Paxton)

THEWINES. The data that was recently revealed by the Italian Wine & Food Institute speaks clearly: “in 2008 Italian wine exports to the U.S. registered a decrease in quantity and a slight increase in value. Italy has, therefore, contained the damages from a year that, in general, was certainly not characterized by an expansion of exports”. This was the announcement made recently by the institute’s president, Lucio Caputo. (Read the article)

NESDAY, The other face among the Knicks' young core, rookie Danilo Gallinari, might not have the confidence of the coaching staff to play a major role in this playoff push. Gallinari played 23 minutes, mostly in garbage time, and had 10 points. Playing on Italian Heritage Night in a game that was broadcast live on Italian TV and against one of his countrymen, Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani (18 points), Gallinari shot just 3-for-10 from the floor. (Read the article by Alan Hahn)

TOBOSERVERS. Italian singer Giuseppe Povia is causing outrage in Italy over "Luca era gay" (Luca was gay), a song about a gay man who goes straight. See the clip and read more... Giuseppe Povia  launched the song at  Sanremo festival, (Read the article)

Brooklyneagle. On Brooklyn’s lower Adams Street in 1916 was “a poor Italian section some blocks below the Heights” as described in a poem in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of February 20, 1916. (Read the article)

ANSA. One of Alaska governor Sarah Palin's closest childhood friends and her semi-official photographer is pretty certain that the former vice-presidential hopeful will run for president in 2011. (Read the article)

AFP. Italy's struggling left-wing opposition elected Dario Franceschini as its new leader on Saturday to replace Walter Veltroni, who quit after a humiliating defeat in a regional poll.(Read the article)

FORBES. Alberto Alessi is the third generation to lead his family's iconic design firm. Founded and still based in Crusinallo, about an hour north of Milan, Italy, the firm remains privately owned. (Read the article by Marla M. Capozzi and Josselyn Simpson)

ANSA. Researchers studying Mount Etna in Sicily have discovered that Europe's most active volcano 'breathes', inflating and deflating in cycles. (Read the article)