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...committed the nation to a full-fledged pursuit of the so-called Lost Leonardo. Seracini, a forensic expert in Renaissance art and architecture, is trying to prove that The Battle of Anghiari--the mural once considered the greatest of all of Leonardo's masterpieces--lies buried in the Sala del Gran Consiglio in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, behind a wall covered by a mural--a vision of the Battle of Marciano--that was painted in the 16th century...
...prodigious fund raiser in a state that functions as a political ATM for Democratic candidates across the country, but she also helped bring the national convention to her city in 1984. In 1987 she decided to run for the seat left vacant by the death of Sala Burton, the widow of Phillip Burton, who had run his own storied political machine. One of Sala's final acts was to give her endorsement to Nancy Pelosi...
...elaborate ceremonies and endless stream of affection, the end of a pontificate also brings less poignant moments. One example yesterday involved a long time employee of the Vatican's media operations who has never been very popular with the press corps. Yesterday, during a particularly busy moment in the Sala Stampa (Press Room), this Vatican official booted a senior Italian correspondents from the lobby area for no apparent reason. "You and I have an outstanding debt from the beginning of this pontificate," the reporter shouted as he was being led out the door by the arm. "And those debts...
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...Sala, 40, has since confessed to magistrates that he received more than $20 million in kickbacks from Parmalat while at Bank of America. Most of it came directly from a refinancing of a 1999 Brazilian transaction that is now a central element of bankruptcy administrator Bondi's case against the bank. In that transaction Bank of America raised $300 million in funding from U.S. investors via two entities it set up in the Cayman Islands. The bank used the money to acquire an 18% stake in Parmalat's Brazilian group. News of the transaction sent Parmalat stock soaring...