Naples

WATCH: A Miracle In Naples

Benjamin Taylor | Posted 05.20.2012

Benjamin Taylor

This takes place years ago: Heeding warnings I've heard about gifted pickpockets, I put my passport in my sock and wade into the teeming streets.

High Steaks in Naples, Florida

Karine Bakhoum | Posted 05.03.2012

Karine Bakhoum

We decided to go to Naples, Florida for Easter break and as soon as we told our children, the first words out of my son's mouth were, "Are we going to have that DELICIOUS steak at Strip House?"

The King of Fried Pizza

Rozanne Gold | Posted 04.26.2012

Rozanne Gold

The fried dough puffs into an amazingly soufflé-light disc and topped with an intense tomato sauce and imported smoked mozzarella di bufala known as provola, and then popped briefly into a volcanically hot oven.

MASSIVE Mafia Bust

Posted 03.19.2012

In a huge anti-mafia bust, 16 judges have been arrested near Naples, Italy, according to the BBC, for allegedly being in cahoots with Italy's notoriou...

The Faithful Shopper: Gifts for Guys

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.30.2012

Faith Hope Consolo

It's Leap Day! The date when by tradition, women can propose marriage to the men in their lives. Of course, women have been disregarding this for years, but today is a perfect excuse to buy a gift for your favorite guy.

Rick Steves: Is Cruising Really Travel?

Rick Steves | Posted 11.19.2011

Rick Steves

I stand atop this floating city of fun playing putt-putt golf and scanning the horizon for Mallorca, wondering how I'll do: Will I enjoy the people, the food, the congestion as we spill into port?

Christine O'Donnell Book Signing Draws Just Five People

News-Press.com | By Denes Husty III | Posted 10.26.2011

Not even tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell could draw a large crowd for her book signing Wednesday in staunchly Republican Naples during August...

WATCH: Stop Motion 'Zero' Questions The Value Of Life

Posted 09.02.2011

"Zero" is beautiful stop motion short film about a world where people are born into a numerical class system. Our hero is born with a zero on his ches...

John Turturro's Passione Captures the Heart, Soul and Magic of Naples

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 08.13.2011

E. Nina Rothe

Instead of trying to make the uncommon conform in an ordinary world, Turturro finds the magical beauty of this exotic Italian city and honors it with a film that will make audiences live like they never did before.

WATCH: Homeowner Forecloses On Bank Of America

Posted 08.05.2011

Sweet justice. That's how foreclosure defense attorney Todd Allen described the feeling of going to a Bank of America branch in Naples, Fla. to sei...

Are The Lessons of Kosovo Spreading to Libya?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 07.27.2011

Reese Schonfeld

The latest reports from NATO sure do read a lot like reports on the NATO raids on Belgrade in 1999, when NATO planes hit infrastructure targets, ending the war in Kosovo and ultimately forcing Serbian President Milosevic to relinquish power.

Italy for Museum Lovers: Don't Miss These Five Museums

Paolo Rossi | Posted 05.31.2011

Paolo Rossi

Although rarities, such as the peperoncino museum and the olive museum (yes, Italians love their food), are great places to visit, there are a few museums you really must visit during a stay in Italy.

Fight Over Girl Scout Cookies Leads To Assault Charges

AP | Posted 05.26.2011

NAPLES, Fla. — Police say a brawl between roommates over Girl Scout cookies led to assault charges against one of them. According to the Naples ...

Italian Museum Director Seeks Asylum In Germany, Fearing The Mob

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

ARTINFO

When Antonio Manfredi, director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum outside Naples, got a phone call recently, he knew he was being threatened. "A ...

Astoria Characters: The Sister Act

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Nancy Ruhling

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

An Advocate for All of Us

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011

Jim Gibbons

When Sandra Martin lost her eyesight two decades ago as a result of juvenile diabetes, she was a stay-at-home mom with a newborn daughter to care for....

Berlusconi Criticizes Gomorrah, Says it is "Promotional Support" for Mafia

Nicola Orichuia | Posted 05.25.2011

Nicola Orichuia

What Berlusconi doesn't understand, or maybe he's just pretending to not understand, is that the only way to fight mafia efficiently is to let people know about it.

Naples Pizza: Coffin Wood Allegations Surface

Posted 05.25.2011

An unusual ingredient could be part of the baking process for Naples pizza: coffin wood. The claim was reported by the Italian daily newspaper Il G...

In Naples' Mob, There's No Glass Ceiling

latimes.com | Maria De Cristofaro | Posted 05.25.2011

Reporting from Naples, Italy - In most respects, it was a typical mob shootout: members of feuding clans facing down their rivals on the main street o...

Italy's Camorra mafia boss arrested

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Italian police arrest Luigi Esposito, a leading figure in Naples' Camorra mafia....

Costanzo Apice, Suspected Camorra Hitman, Arrested Over CCTV Killing (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Police in Naples, Italy have arrested a suspect in a killing last May that was caught on Closed-Circuit Television. Frustrated with a lack of leads, N...

Camorra assassin escapes as Naples looks the other way

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naples, Home News

Even by the mafia's brutal standards, the killing of a man smoking a cigarette outside a central Naples bar in broad daylight was shocking in its rut...

Italy: Naples Police Release Mafia Murder Video (VIDEO)

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Day in Rome | The Independent Even by the mafia's brutal standards, the killing of a man smoking a cigarette outside a central Naples bar in ...

Godmothers Rise Among Naples Mafia

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

NAPLES, Italy — They go by such nicknames as "Fat Cat" and "Tomboy." Their simmering power struggles once drove them into the streets, guns blaz...

Naples: Ex-Cons Enlisted To Escort, Protect Tourists

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The city of Naples in southern Italy is trying out an experiment to ensure tourists' safety: ex-convict tour guides. According to the Telegraph, 70 f...