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...some yuppifying entrepreneur named McHale wants to turn Tommy's di Cambridge into Fiore di Calabria, or some similarly pansy place. What business does McHale have creating a blissful haven for seekers of Gallo Special Reserve in the space between Quincy and Adams? What business does he have using an Italian name to describe something increasingly "New American"? What business does he have serving almost 100 percent fat-free pizza...
According to Vinni di Cicco, bar-tender at the Italian restaurant Domenico's on Bennington Street, the parade included balloons, floats, marching bands and various cartoon characters such as Batman and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers...
McHale said a tentative name may be Fiore di Calabria, Italian for Flower of Calabria...
...Antonio Di Pietro, a prosecutor who became a national hero in Italy for his campaign against bribe-taking politicians, asked to be reassigned in a protest against a decree issued by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing government. The decree would eliminate the prosecutors' ability to detain corruption suspects, a powerful tool used against thousands of prominent citizens...
...worked as musclemen for Piat's political rivals. A probe of the local political milieu then resulted in charges of corruption against several officials. Last week police dropped murder charges against the original suspects and arrested Lucien Ferri, 22, who has confessed to firing the fatal shots, and Marco Di Caro, 21, who admitted driving the motorcycle. This opens a fresh investigation into the presumption that the masterminds of the slaying were not Piat's political opponents but drug dealers linked to the local Mafia. "If the police keep digging with what they've got," said a Hyeres cafe owner...