i've been reading the italian web sites today to see what's been going on in that insane country's insane election. of course, as you probably know, the results were astoundingly close (we're talking down to the tenths of percentages here). but what almost bumped the election from the top of the pages was this story about bernando provenzano, a siclian mafia boss who's been on the lam for FORTY YEARS (for those of you in chicago, this makes joey 'the clown' lombardo's nine-month stint on the run look like child's play). he was found in a farm near his home. npr has got more, including an interview with the former mayor of palermo.