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Police investigate ‘attractive’ topless woman who applied suntan lotion too sensuously

While uptight Americans wrestle with a woman’s right to breastfeed in public, Italian authorities are faced with another issue: What of a sexy woman’s right to apply suntan lotion to her gigantic, voluptuous melons in front of teenage boys?

Typo causes 400-mile GPS error for middle-aged Swedes

Today’s GPS error comes courtesy of two Swedish travelers who thought they’d driven on an island. From MSNBC: Two Swedes expecting the golden beaches of the Italian island of Capri got a shock when tourist officials told them they were 650 km (400 miles) off course in the northern town of Carpi, after mistyping the [...]

Die Hard Uno: Smugglers snagged in Italy with bonds worth $134 billion

I cover smugglers a lot in this space — partly as cautionary tale but mostly (let’s be honest) for the schadenfreude. In the following case, I’m just dying to know more. From Bloomberg: Japan is investigating reports two of its citizens were detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion worth of U.S. [...]