CASAL DI PRINCIPE, Italy - The paratroopers' armored vehicles had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Casalesi crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.

NAPLES, Fla. - Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.

The leaders of an effort to lure the Chicago Cubs from Mesa to Florida will participate in a live webcast at noon Wednesday. The event is hosted by the Naples Daily News editorial board, which will question representatives from Naples-based Fifth Avenue Advisors and Chicago-based Esmkark, Inc.

NAPLES, Fla. — Five young children and their mother were found dead in a Florida apartment, and authorities were searching Sunday for the woman's husband, who had left the country.

Straight from Naples, Italy, brothers Giuseppe and Sergio Miele are opening Amalfi Pizzeria at The Promenade at Fulton Ranch in Chandler. Named for the brother’s hometown coast in southern Italy, Amalfi Pizzeria will start serving food in early December. The authentic Italian menu will feature fresh, made-from scratch bread, pasta, pizza and more. The Chandler pizzeria is an expansion of the Tempe location, Miele’s Bistro.

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ESTERO, Fla. - The Estero High football staff gathered in head coach Rich Dombroski's office late Friday, almost in stunned silence.

The flap over noise signage at Scottsdale Airpark is about to get louder. Two city aviation panels will meet at 6 p.m. today at the airpark to discuss a recommendation to install noise signage around the area.

The flap over noise signage at Scottsdale Airpark is about to get louder. Two city aviation panels will meet at 6 p.m. today at the airpark to discuss a recommendation to install noise signage around the area.

It's no surprise to Mesa officials that the city is the favored home of the Chicago Cubs team for spring training as demonstrated by support the city received at a convention in Chicago Saturday, and Mesa officials say they have more than five decades of tradition to back up that confidence. | Timeline

CHICAGO  -- Immigrant rights activists are outside Wrigley Field, saying the Cubs should move their spring training facility out of Arizona.

Our View: Relations between Mesa and the Chicago Cubs turned chilly last week as the baseball team continued to pit its traditional spring training home against two other suitors. But that chill quickly faded after City Manager Chris Brady flew to Chicago and received personal assurances from top Cubs officials that the team is taking seriously Mesa’s bid to keep the team.

A veteran state government budget official is the new director of Arizona's Medicaid health care program.

ROME — Here's another of the Mafia's trademark offers-you-can't-refuse: pay or be eaten by a crocodile.

ROME - Hundreds of African immigrants took their anger over the alleged mafia killing of six Africans to the streets on Friday, hurling rocks and smashing windows in a town north of Naples.

The Chicago Cubs are expected to make a decision within days about whether to keep spring training in Mesa or break with a half-century of tradition and move to Florida.

PHOENIX - The Collier Center, a 23-story high-rise in downtown Phoenix, has sold for $176.8 million.

Mesa should know whether the Chicago Cubs want to stay in Arizona within a few weeks, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith said Tuesday, adding he initially expected an announcement by now.

Mesa should know whether the Chicago Cubs want to stay in Arizona within a few weeks, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith said Tuesday, adding he initially expected an announcement by now.

Mesa should know whether the Chicago Cubs want to stay in Arizona within a few weeks, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith said Tuesday, adding he initially expected an announcement by now.

ALBANY, N.Y. - A company accused of using unauthorized personal data "mined" by other firms from about 6 million e-mail addresses nationwide has agreed to reform its practices under a $1.1 million settlement, New York officials said Sunday.

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