A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the center-left governor of Lazio region , which includes Rome -- was found burned to death in his home Friday. Police found a body...

In this article: Piero Marrazzo, Lazio, Rome, Cocaine, and RAI

...& Spa on Lake Garda. There are eleven new destinations featured this year, from Como Town for the young and trendy, through to elegant Piedmont and Lake Trasimeno , the volcanic lake of Italy. The brochure also features a resort that is...

In this article: Italy, Tuscany, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, and UK

...than three years Mum getaway driver gets home detention A human skull has been found in the sand dunes of Glinks Gully, Te Kopuru , Northland , police say. The skull is understood to have been found by tourists walking along the beach...

In this article: Northland, Dargaville, and Te Kopuru

...next EMO edition to be held in Milan , Italy , is scheduled for October 5-10, 2015, when the international show will be held in the capital of Lombardy. About Hurco Companies, Inc. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana , Hurco manufactures...

In this article: Milan, Italy, Lombardy, and Indianapolis

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger , left, is welcomed by President of the Lombardy region Roberto Formigoni prior to a meeting of the world's 15 most innovative regions in Milan , Italy , Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Schwarzenegger won't say...

In this article: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Milan, California, Roberto Formigoni, Lombardy, Austria, Italy, and Iraq

...identify them. That's the "conundrum," they say. But the wine is rich and hearty, just right for Thanksgiving. In Australia 's Barossa Valley , Dave Powell wanted to produce a wine similar to France 's user-friendly beaujolais. But the...

In this article: California, Bonny Doon Vineyard, Kendall-Jackson, Rhone, Pumpkin pie, Green bean casserole, and Potato

...out of the rat race." He and his wife, Vincie, hit on the idea of growing grapes. He went to Mudgee in the late 1960s on the advice of a Barossa -based friend who had told him the area was the best place in Australia to grow wine grapes.

In this article: Olive and Australia

... Tea turns haute couture Branding can be a gamble Anna Hansen talks food Paying tribute to brewers An "exceptional" 2009 vintage of Burgundy wines sent sales sharply up at the annual Beaunes Hospices charity auction on Sunday. The sale...

In this article: Burgundy wine, Tea, United States, and Britain

...paid employment. Kids are out there picking up litter motivated purely by self-interest. Travelling up from Adelaide through the Barossa and out to Lake Eyre I realised why South Australia is perpetually regarded as the tidy cousin of the...

In this article: Litter, South Australia, Adelaide, Archaeologists, Carbohydrate, Barossa, and Lake Eyre

...prices, Paris 's caves offer a chance to taste a variety of wines from across France -- from the Loire to the Rhone and from Alsace to Languedoc and Provence -- at prices not much higher than those in a wine store. Selections of wines by the...

In this article: Paris, France, Charcuterie, Zinc, Mille-feuille, Foie gras, Sausage, and Potato

TROY , Ala. -- Michael Vogler scored 20 points and four others scored in double figures, and Troy beat Piedmont 106-50 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Brandon Hazzard added 19 points, Vernon Taylor had 15 points, Richard...

In this article: Piedmont, The Lions, and Alabama

...shippers. Eighteen men were eventually prosecuted by the French government, accused, among other things, of passing off humble wines from the Languedoc region as the noble and five-times-as-costly wine of Bordeaux. During the trial it came out...

In this article: Tax, Flickr, Languedoc, and Bordeaux

...France, where dishes like this are quite common. Look for Costieres de Nimes, an often overlooked and very affordable red from the Languedoc region of France. A warm climate produces meaty syrah, grenache, and carignane grapes with great...

In this article: Burgundy, Herb, Oregano, Thyme, Tannin, Rosemary, France, Languedoc, Campania, and Bourgogne

...when he and others allegedly tried to perform an exorcism on a 15-year-old boy in April at a camp run by the Lutheran Church in SA's Barossa Valley. Sketchley was stood down as a senior constable after he was charged with false...

In this article: Lutheran Church and Barossa Valley

...protect him in the afterlife. Not discovered until 1974. It's going to be THE blockbuster show over the holidays. They're on view through March 31. Tip: Get your tickets now, because they're going fast. Re: Fritz and Churchkey: Seriously,...

In this article: Washington, D.C., Tax, Customer, and Fairfax

...pick something good. Besides, who's to say exactly how much input Menes had into the menu there? However it came about, the result at Marche is delicious eating. To read the rest of S. Irene Virbila's review, click here. Photo: Romey salad...

In this article: Marche, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles Times, and Persimmon

...mention a rugby test? Locals were in a lather well before world rugby's top billing jetted in from Cardiff to the rain-drenched Lombardia region. Eighty thousand tickets to San Siro Stadium sold out months ago for between 10 and 100 and...

In this article: All Blacks, Dan Carter, Milan, Steve Hansen, Graham Henry, San Siro Stadium, London, Italy, and Lombardia

... Lonely Planet - which offers a handbook on nearly every corner of the globe - published its first Puglia guide in 2008. Puglia - in Italian , Apulia - offers neither the drama of Tuscany 's hilltop wall-ringed towns nor the fame wrought by...

In this article: Apulia, Lecce, Castel del Monte, Alberobello, Artichoke, Fennel, Italy, Tuscany, and Galatina