Washington Post. His mother, an Italian immigrant who rarely ventured outside the family home and who learned English by listening to the radio, insisted that her boys not speak Italian under her roof so that they would be completely American. His father, an Italian immigrant who made wine in his basement, worked at a bakery. He became acquainted with A.P. Giannini, another Italian immigrant who founded Bank of America. The Tolovi accounts were always with B of A.( Read the article by Patricia Sullivan)

GUARDIAN. Matthew Fort is wrong to suggest that Italian cuisine as we know it today is a relatively recent development. have read an article on Cif in which Matthew Fort wrote that foreign food upsets Italians, and that Italian cooking as it is now known and loved in the world is in fact a relatively recent product, which would date back to the 18th century. I would like to reply... (Read the article by Luca Zaia)

E ONLINE. Soccer stud David Beckham is returning to the Los Angeles Galaxy (presumably with wife Victoria Beckham and their three sons in tow) for a third season when his three-month stint with AC Milan ends March 9. (Read the article by Jovie Baclayon)

Stars and Stripes. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other members of Congress — all Democrats — spent about three hours on Aviano air base. (Read the article by Kent Harris)

AP. Sales of pasta products in the United States -- including frozen and refrigerated pasta, canned pasta, soup mixes and prepared dinners -- rose 5 percent last year to $6.4 billion, according to American Italian Pasta Co., the nation's largest manufacturer of dry pasta. (Read the article by David Twiddy)

AP.  Appearing in court Saturday on Valentine's Day, Amanda sported a bright T-shirt with "All You Need Is Love" scrawled across the front in large pink letters. (Read the article by Alessandra Rizzo)

BBC. Criminals in Italy are increasingly making phone calls over the internet in order to avoid getting caught through mobile phone intercepts, police say. (Read the article by David Willey)

New York Times. For years, executives of Saks Fifth Avenue have been wooing one of the world’s most exclusive men’s wear lines. They made trips to Italy, where Kiton apparel is carefully sewn by hand and doled out to retailers in modest quantities... (Read the article by Stephanie Rosenbloom)

New York Times. Thanks largely to the efforts of the Metropolitan Opera, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are seeing live opera performances in movie theaters, and many others in repeat showings. A dozen other important opera companies are now sending out broadcasts of their own. (Read the article by Daniel J. Wakin)