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• From Turin in the northwest to Taranto in the southeast, the entire length of Italy's boot-shaped peninsula spent Friday absorbing the broadcast images of the state funeral for the .
• Messina is on the island of Sicily, near the toe of boot-shaped Italy.
• Italy's boot-shaped peninsula is crisscrossed by two fault lines, with about 20 million of its 57 million residents at risk from earthquakes.

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• Watch This Bear Steal an Entire Dumpster From a Colorado Springs Restaurant
  This bear likes schnitzel. She's six feet tall, loves to dance, and normally prefers to drink Krombacher from an enormous boot-shaped glass, maybe. The Denver Post reports that she's recently taken to raiding the refuse and scrap bins behind Edelweiss in Colorado Springs. "She passes up the recycling bin and goes right for the good stuff," says manager Dieter Schnakenberg. Last night, however ...
  Aug. 1, 2013 - New York Magazine