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'Mob Sewage' Closes Capri's Blue Grotto

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 27, 2009 2:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – The famous Blue Grotto of the Italian island of Capri has been closed after its striking cerulean waters were fouled by raw sewage believed to be dumped by the Mafia, reports the Independent. La Grotta Azzurra, a favorite haunt of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, is... Read full story »

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