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Sicily’s first openly gay governor wins support with anti-mafia crusade

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report

PALERMO, Italy — Of the last two men to sit in Sicily’s palatial governor’s office, one is up on criminal charges and the other is doing hard time. Enter their successor, Rosario Crocetta — the unlikeliest politician ever to govern Cosa Nostra country.

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Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Eliza Mackintosh in London contributed to this report

PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy.