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Extreme Parenting Made Simple

Juliet Linley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Angela Merkel, Nursing, Fathering, France, Breastfeeding, Rome, Italy, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, Babies, Attachment, Elections, Babywearing, Dr-William-Sears, Mothering, Francois Holland, Ergo Baby, Nicolas Sarkozy, Europe, Parents News

What most people seem to ignore is that creating an attachment bond with your baby is about putting your child's needs ahead of yours. It's as simple as that. Seriously.

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Exhumation In Bizarre Old Vatican Kidnap Case

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Pope John Paul, Vatican Kidnap Case, Orlandi, Video, Magliana Mob, Rome, Enrico De Pedis, Emanuela Orlandi, Italy, Vatican, Sant Apollinaire Basilica, Vatican Exhumation, World News

ROME -- Coroners and medical technicians swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investi...

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Protesters Decry Italian Abortion Law

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Abortion, Mother's Day, Italian Protests Abortion, Rome Protests, Abortion Protests, Rome Italy, Rome, Italy, Italy Abortion Law, Italy Abortion, Italian Abortion Laws, Video, World News

ROME -- A few thousand people opposed to Italy's 1978 law allowing abortion have marched through the Italian capital in a protest drawing people from ...

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A Segway Happened On The Way To The Forum

Erica Firpo | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Tourism, Segway, Italy, Travel, Slidepollajax, Travel Blogs, Rome, Europe Travel, Italy Travel, Europe, Travel News

Segways have been slowly infiltrating Rome and a bi-wheel tour seemed lazy, cumbersome and slightly ridiculous.

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A Roman Spring

Food52 | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Recipes, Cooking, Roman, Rome, food52, Food, Spring, Italy, Italian Food, Slidepollajax, Seasonal, KitchenDaily News

Do as the Romans do, and whip up a spring-inspired feast, a menu that teases the most out of spring's vast bounty. Buon appetito!

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Quick Tips For Travelers To Rome, Paris and London

Rick Steves | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: London, Paris, Rick Steves, Rome, Europe Travel, International Destinations, Europe, Destinations, Travel News

The old ladies on their folding chairs as they hang out in the Jewish Quarter; rays of sunlight cutting through St. Peter's Basilica; the scene on Via del Corso in the early evening when it's closed to traffic.

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LOOK: Angry 'Gladiators' Protest In Roman Colosseum

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Roman Gladiators, Rome, Colosseum Protest, Italy, Gladiators Colosseum, Gladiators Protest, Gladiator Protest, Rome Protest, Roman Colosseum, World News

ROME -- Several Romans dressed as gladiators have climbed the Colosseum to protest a crackdown on their unauthorized business of posing with tourists ...

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How James Purefoy Will Heat Up the Hamptons When Revenge Finally Returns

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Madeleine Stowe, The Philanthropist, Revenge, TV Drama, Rome, James Purefoy, Revenge Abc, Revenge Recap, James Purefoy Revenge, TV News

Kudos to ABC for casting this versatile actor whose instinctive choices are never boring. It will be wonderful to see him back on American TV, seducing his leading lady in Revenge.

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WATCH: Pope Given Massive Easter Egg

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Pope Receives Egg, Casal Del Marmo, Easter, Easter Egg, Pope Receives Massive Easter Egg, Pope Receives Giant Egg, Rome, Pope Gets Easter Egg, Vatican, Pope Easter Egg, Pope Giant Easter Egg, Pope, Easter Eggs, Pope Benedict XVI, Video, Religion News

With Catholics around the world preparing to celebrate Easter, an Italian chocolate maker Tosca presented Pope Benedict XVI with a giant brightly colo...

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PHOTOS: Postcard From Hadrian's Villa

Erica Firpo | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Italy, Hadrian's Villa, Rome, Lazio, Italy Travel, Unesco, Villa Adriana, Travel News

Like many ancient sites in and around Rome, Villa Adriana is a hidden oasis of villas, theatres, domes, fountains, ponds and statuary, lost in the surrounding city of Tivoli, thanks to urban construction and confused street signage.

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PHOTOS: Kidtastic Family Adventures

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Masai Mara, Longsheng, Aswan, Ecuador, Rome, Travel, Italy, Red Sea, Shanghai, Nairobi, Nile River, Beijing, Kenya, Egypt, Venice, Slidefreestyle, China, Travel Blogs, Galapagos Islands, Florence, Slidepollajax, Travel News

What is a Kidtastic Family Adventure? It's a holiday that goes far beyond the beach and instead features personalized once-in-a-lifetime activities

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Thieves Steal Bell From Italian Shipwreck Site

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Grave Robbers, Costa Concordia Bell, Rome, Costa Concordia Tragedy, Italy, Grave Robbing, Costa Concordia Disaster, Italian Cruise Ship Bell, Costa Concordia Site, Italian Cruise Ship Sunk, Costa Concordia Sunk, Reuters, Italian Cruise Ship, Rome-Italy, Costa Concordia, Crime News

ROME, March 15 - Underwater thieves have evaded an array of laser systems that measure millimetric shifts in the Costa Concordia shipwreck and 24-hour...

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Ancient Greece In Modern Chicago!?

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: The Odyssey, Mortals, Toga, Greece, Kids Museum, Ancient Greece, Rome, Ancient Greek History, National Hellenic Museum, Trojan Horse, Family Museum, Myths, Gods, Arts News

Do you feel as if you were born in the wrong era? Do you watch "Hercules" on repeat? Act out "The Odyssey" by yourself? Have too much fun at toga part...

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WATCH: How To Avoid Drab Chain Hotels

La Carmina | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Lacarmina, Apartment Rentals, Travel News, Travel Video, Travel, Travel Tv, Airbnb, Hotels, Video, Travel Tips, Trips, Slideshow, Boutique Hotels, Vacation, La Carmina, Slidepollajax, Rentals, Vancouver, Apartments, Rome, Italy, Canada, Travel News

In the past, vacationers booked chain hotels because they knew what they were getting into. Now it's easy to find user reviews online and take a reasonable risk.

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PHOTOS: Carnival In Rome

Erica Firpo | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Costumes, Carnival, Festival, Celebration, Carnevale, Rome, Children, Slidefreestyle, International Destinations, Italy Travel, Events, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Over the past few years, Carnevale Romano has had a revival, inspiring a "return to its roots" with organized events. Rome's piazzas host daily theatrical performances, equestrian shows, musicians, dancers and buskers, a kind of Venice-lite for the Carnival crowd.

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The Faithful Shopper: The Power of the Purse

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Handbags, Brussels, Rome, Italy, Louis Vuitton, Alligator, Lulu-Guiness, Piero Guidi, Richard Lambertson, Paris, Milan, Wanda, Accessories, Barneys New York, Suarez, Hermes, Soho, Fifth Avenue, Christian Dior, Lederer, Carrie Valentine, Ostrich, Perrin Paris, Delvaux at Barneys, John Truex, Bergdorf Goodman, New York City, Tiffany, France, Dior, Exotic Leathers, Bergdorf, Florence, Lana Marks, V. Bruce Hoeksema, Fendi, Lambertson Truex for Tiffany, Valextra, Vbh, New York News

It holds your entire life -- it's your purse. But handbags also are statements in style. Now is the time to check out the many styles and colors of some newer designers to enrich your look and keep you organized!

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PHOTOS: Capturing Travel Through Photography

Rick Steves | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Rick Steves, Travel Photography, Switzerland, Rome, Ireland, Cinque Terre, Italy-Travel-Venice-Travel, Spain, Turkey Travel, Slidepollajax, Travel News

We just enjoyed our annual all-staff meeting and our art department shared some of the best of the new photos in our arsenal.

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Snow in Rome

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Greeks, Snow, Political Cartoon, Rome, Politics News

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PHOTOS: Roman Snow Day

Erica Firpo | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Italy, Circus Maximus, Roman Forum, Rome, Rome Snow, Valentine's Day, Snow, Snow Rome, Archaeology, Coliseum, Slidefreestyle, Travel News

It is a rare treat when snow flurries powder the Eternal City, normally known for picture perfect panoramas of palm trees and glowing hot sunsets.

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Reports: Man Tosses 16-Month-Old Baby In River

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Tiber, Man Throws Baby River, Italy Baby River, Italy Man Tosses Baby, Italy Tiber, Rome, Italy, Baby in Tiber, Baby in River, World News

ROME — Police divers are searching the Tiber in Rome for a 16-month-old boy who witnesses said was thrown into the river by his father. Carabin...

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Bizarre Roman Ruin Baffles Scientists

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Video, Ancient Rome, Wings, Romans, England, Rome, Architecture, Structure, Mysterious, Building, Bowden, Science News

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 01/23/2012 09:17 AM EST on LiveScience A recently discovered mysterious "win...

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Theft Of Plaques Honoring Holocaust Victims Sparks Outrage

AP | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Shoah, Renzo Gattegna, Video, Union of Jewish Communities, Stolpersteine, Gunter Demnig, Holocaust Plaque, Italy Holocaust, Rome, Italian Jews, Italy, Holocaust Plaque Removal, Stumbling Stone, Cobblestone Plaque, World News

ROME — Italy's Jewish community and a Holocaust survivors group expressed outrage Friday at the removal by vandals of three cobblestone plaques ...

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A Feminist Treasure

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Goddess, Feminism, Travers, Piazza Navona, Rome, Julienne Travers, London School of Economics, Occupy, Bernini, Women News

Travers, instead, envisions not the deification of women in a prehistoric civilization, but a social structure in which no one is made into a divinity.

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Man And 8-Month-Old Daughter Shot To Death In Rome

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Rome Police, Man Shot Rome, Rome, Italy, Italy Shooting, Rome Shooting, World News

ROME -- More police are being deployed in Rome after robbers shot and killed a man and his 8-month-old child outside their home. Italy's interior min...

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PHOTOS: City Visits For Architecture Buffs

BootsnAll | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Architecture, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Barcelona, Chicago, Cities, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Here are seven great cities for architecture buffs and a few highlights not to miss in each one.

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