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 The New York Conference of Italian American Legislators celebrated Italian heritage and presented awards at their annual Legislative Conference Day on June 10.Assemblywoman and President of the Conference, Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell, was joined by other members in the Legislative Offices building for food and to celebrate awards recipients. 

 Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the teen. 

 Mario Balotelli showed his strength and rapidly developing talent Sunday, scoring in the 78th minute to lead Italy past Mexico 2-1 in the Confederations Cup. Balotelli took a perfectly placed acrobatic pass from Emanuele Giaccherini and muscled between two defenders. His goal broke a 1-1 tie in the Group A game, the first official match at renovated Maracana Stadium.

  Over the last two years, multiple cultural events in Sicily have been forced to close or dramatically scale back. And last year, when major budget woes hit the island’s Taormina Film Festival, it appeared the storied event could be next.