Italian News Snippets: 03.31.07

Some Italian news to get you through the weekend:

• The largest whale fossil ever recovered in Italy was found recently in a Brunello vineyard
• Italian researchers tell us what different emotions dogs express with their tails
• Italy has some experience with hostages being killed when the government didn’t negotiate – former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was killed in 1978 by his abductors
• A prosecutor in Italy wants to put former PM Berlusconi in jail
• Smog is more than just an annoyance – it’s damaging Italy’s historic buildings
• Look out Tuscany, Skid Row and Sebastian Bach are coming back in July
• Mourners in Calabria march on Remembrance Day in honor of Mafia victims
• Thanks to new labelling, consumers know if they’re buying Italian tomatoes or Chinese tomatoes
• Here’s a new Italy arts guide with some of the country’s Spring exhibits
• Venice’s film festival is set to honor Tim Burton this year
• As if Italian food wasn’t good enough already, they’re looking East for ways to improve