Sicily

Discover Sicily With Us

Olivia Ware | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Williams-Sonoma, Palermo Sicily, Antipasti, Italy, Sicilian Food, Sicily, Italian Food, Trattoria, Food News

We were mesmerized by the richness of colors, aromas and noises while walking through the food stands and shops -- fried foods, Sicilian pizza and focaccia, voices yelling to promote their products and offering a taste.

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VIDEO: Italian Volcano Puts On Lava Light Show

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Mt. Etna Eruption, Video, Mt. Etna, Italy Volcano, Italian Volcano, Italian Volcano Eruption, Sicilian Volcano, Italy, Sicily, Mt. Etna Erupts, World News

It may not have quite the reputation of Mt. Vesuvius on mainland Italy, but fellow Italian volcano Mt. Etna on the island of Sicily holds an edge over...

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WATCH: Europe's Largest Active Volcano Erupts

Posted 01.05.2012

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Europe's tallest active volcano Mount Etna erupted for the first time this year. On Wednesday night, the volcano released a column of ash, and lav...

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Mudslides In Southern Italy Kill At Least 3

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

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ROME -- Torrential rain battered eastern Sicily on Wednesday, where mudslides have killed at least three people and muddy torrents have swept away car...

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Astoria Characters: The Urban Rider

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Urban City Book Shelves, Italy, Hudson Valley Community College, Lenox Hill Hospital, Montauk, West Hempstead, Troy New York, Respiratory Therapist, Bicycle, Coney Island, Matthew Nicholas Mastrorocco, Sicily, New York News

He doesn't take the subway. He doesn't take the bus. When Matthew Nicholas Mastrorocco wants to go someplace, he jumps on his bike and rides like the wind.

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WATCH: Stunning Footage Of Volcano Erupting In Italy

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, Video, Mount Etna Erupting, Sicily Italy, Italy Volcano, Mount Etna Sicily, Etna Volcano, Mount Etna, Italy, Sicilian Volcano, Sicily, Mount Etna Eruption, Sicily Volcano, Volcano, Volcano Eruption, Green News

Sicily's Mount Etna is erupting again. The volcano in Italy, which is the tallest and most active volcano in Europe, is spewing lava for the 17th time...

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PHOTOS: Mount Etna Erupts

Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Mount Etna Sicily, Mount Etna, Sicily, Etna, Etna Sicily, World News

On Sicily, Mount Etna erupted again this weekend, causing lava to flow into an uninhabited valley. At 10.810 feet, Etna is the highest active volcano...

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Sicily's Wild Western Coast

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Italy, Rocco Forte, Egadi Islands, Doc Regions, Luxury Travel, Sicily, Western Sicily, Sicily Travel, Travel News

The western coast of Sicily is a rugged, sun-drenched region filled with undiscovered gems and some of the island's most spectacular gastronomy.

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Kick Up Your Heels Down in the South of Italy

Jennifer Ceaser | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Italy, Greece, Puglia, Napa Valley, Adriatic Sea, Italian Wine, Sicily, Italian Food, Tuscany, Travel News

Tuscany is known for its wine, Sicily for its food, and the Amalfi Coast for its beaches, but Puglia has all these -- even if few know about it.

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What Kind of Name Is Boreanaz?

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Slovakia, Bones, Emily Deschanel, Heritage, Books, Fbi, Italy, Slovenia, New York, Colorado, Television, David Boreanaz, Pennsylvania, Ancestry, Forensics, Mysteries, Genealogy, Sicily, Fox, Family History, Kathy Reichs, Celebrities, Entertainment News

What of Boreanaz? Well, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone of Italian heritage who tracks to more extreme edges of the country.

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Astoria Characters: The Born Baker

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Astoria, Germany, Immaculate Conception School, Mount Vernon, Manhattan, Rosario Notaro, Rome, O'Shea-Hoey Funeral Home, Bronx, P.S. 122, Sicily, Palermo, New York News, Laguli Pastry Shop, Astoria Characters, Barbie Doll Birthday Cake, New York News

Rosario Notaro, a compact man with big milk chocolate eyes and the energy of a youngster, doesn't like cookies and cakes; perhaps it's because he's been baking them nearly all of his 74 years.

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Getty Museum's Aphrodite Returned To Italy

latimes.com | Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Looted Antiquities, Art, Museums, Getty Museum, Sculpture, Repatriate, Italy, Aphrodite, Sicily, Getty Villa, Ancient Art, Getty, Mairon True, Getty Aphrodite, Arts News

The J. Paul Getty Museum's iconic statue of Aphrodite was quietly escorted back to Sicily by Italian police last week, ending a decades-long dispute o...

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'Ndrangheta: Italy's Most Powerful Mob Group

AP | By ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME -- Police conducted a major crackdown on the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate Tuesday, arresting scores of suspects in Italy and Germany and seeking m...

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WATCH: A Visit To A Sicilian Food Market

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Sicily Food, Video, Sicily Travel, Catania Sicily, Travel Video, Italy, Sicily, Travel News

A correspondent for The Guardian newspaper named Benji Lanyado appears to travel the world on assignment (lucky man!). Lanyado follows a local hot...

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Astoria Characters: The Little Guy Who Made It Big

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Agatino "Tony" Manganaro, who came to New York from Sicily with a pregnant wife and only $25 in his pocket, didn't get where he is by resting. He worked -- his brawn and his brains.

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Wishing To Be A Boy

Patrizia Chen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Thomas Milian, Shooting, Fencing, Mauro Bolognini, Romans, Catherine Spaak, Mademoiselle De Maupin, Sicily, Theophile Gautier, Gauls, Women's Empowerment, Healthy Living News

Having been told that I couldn't be a ballet dancer, I asked my mother to allow me at least to take fencing classes. Horrified by the idea, she replied that it wasn't a dignified activity for (here we go again!) a girl from a good family.

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Astoria Characters: The Sister Act

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

"Everybody says we look alike," says Francine Amendola. "But our mother says we don't," adds her sister, Laraine Amendola.

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Colombia: Strategy of Tension?

Aldo Civico | Posted 05.25.2011

When I saw the images of the recent attack near my Bogota apartment, I could not help but think about the car bombings that had occurred when I was in Sicily, 18 years ago.

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Sicilian Wedding Photographer Accidentally Killed By Couple After He Had Them Pose With Guns

nydailynews.com | Corky Siemaszko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Wedding Photographer Shot, World News, Murder at Wedding, Italy, Sicily, Killings, Guns, Weddings, World News

A wedding photographer in Sicily was accidentally killed when he asked the prospective bride and groom to pose for a picture using hunting rifles as p...

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Italy Arrests 300 In Major Mob Crackdown

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, Mob, Mafia Domenico Oppedisano, Italian Mob, Italian Mafia, Rome, Sicily, 'Ndrangheta, Mob Crackdown, Anti-Crime Raid, World News

MILAN — Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings...

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Astoria Characters: The Sicilian Saint

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, St. Antonio Abate, Astoria, Unicorn, Pina Colada, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Dart, Banana, Tattoo, Sicily, St. Antonio Abate Feast, Car, Oreo, Virgin Mary, Tv, Scooter, Bicycle, Funnel Cake, Superman, Ditmars Boulevard, Hermit Tree Crab, Merry-Go-Round, Butterfly, New York News, Nancy Ruhling, St. Antonio Abate Fraternal Society of Castrofilippo, Star of Bethlehem, Que Sera Sera, New York News

It happens every June: St. Antonio Abate makes a four-night appearance on Ditmars Boulevard at his namesake feast.

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Astoria Characters: The Sunny-Side-Up Cook

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Emilio Pino is always the only guy in the kitchen at Hellgate, Astoria's Cheers, so it seems a bit pretentious to call him the chef.

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Mafia Arrests By FBI In New York, Miami & Italy

AP | TOM HAYS and CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fbi, New York Mafia, Mafia, Sicily, Mafia Arrests, New York City, New York, FBI Arrests, New York News

NEW YORK — The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal t...

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Astoria Characters: The Octogenarian Activists

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

On the emerald green front door of Stanley and Kathleen Rygor's 1890 cottage, there's a Claddagh knocker whose well-worn brass shows that it's no stranger to visitors.

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Mobster Domenico Raccuglia, 'The Veterinarian,' Is Arrested In Italy

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, Mob, Rome, Crime, Organized Crime, Mafia, Raccagulia Arrested, Sicily, Palermo, Domenico Raccuglia, Costa Nostra, World News

ROME — Police captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives on Sunday, dealing a stiff blow to the island's Cosa Nostra crime syndicate, Italian ...

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