The New York Times. IF ever there were a threat to the reputation of ’60s British sports cars as the most heartbreaking form of transportation sold in America, it probably would have come from Fiat. (Read the article)

The New York Times/The Moment. Policemen are not supposed to look cool, but the Italian carabinieri are the coolest-looking policemen I’ve ever seen. Italy’s national police force cuts a dashing figure in its Valentino-designed black-and-blue uniforms, with thick red stripes on the outside of the pant legs, silver braid on scarlet-edged collars and cuffs, and the shiny grenade on their peaked hats. (Read the article)

Appleinsider.com.  A new lawsuit from a Beverly Hills, Calif., man alleges that Apple conspired with the Italian mafia to secretly track him, transmit threatening messages to his iPod, and insert the word "herpes" into the song "Still Tippin'" by Mike Jones. (Read the article)

Thefastertimes.com. Animals often meander into human conversations in Italy-but not in the same way that they do in English.   Italians, although quite foxy, never refer to each other as such. (Read the article)

AP. For the first time in Italy's wine-steeped history, a city government has banned alcohol for those under 16 in an effort to curb drinking problems among youths.

A measure approved in the northern city of Milan on Friday calls for fines of up to euro500 ($700) for younger teens caught drinking and for those who give or sell them alcohol. (Read the article)

The New York Times. The Italian fashion house Missoni, known for its kaleidoscopic fabrics, is the subject of the exhibition “Workshop Missoni: Daring to be Different,” on view at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in London through Sept. 20. (Read the article)

THE SUN. Surgeons carried out a 45-minute operation on 82-year-old Pope Benedict XVI, inserting two small iron pins in the fracture before putting his arm in plaster.

The op was carried out under local anaesthetic, and the Pope was well enough to laugh and joke with doctors, a hospital spokesman said. (Read the Article)

AP.  An Italian aid worker held captive in the Philippine jungle for six months by al-Qaida-linked militants returned home to celebrations in his small Tuscan town on Saturday.

Gaunt but smiling, Eugenio Vagni landed in Bologna and continued on to his hometown of Montevarchi, which welcomed him with an open-air party in a piazza.

He joked with reporters that it was good to be back, "especially after this six-months vacation that was very hard." (Read the Article)