Germans who produced cheese were disappointed after the European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday that only the cheese made in Northern Italy can be officially called "Parmesan. " "Only cheeses bearing the protected designation of origin 'Parmigiano Reggiano' can be sold under the name 'Parmesan,'" said the European Court of Justice in a Luxembourg ruling.

Guinness Book of World Records world's fattest man has confirmed he lost 230 kilograms or at least half of his original weight. Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man was overwhelmed with this development and would throw a party in his Monterrey house.

An unconventional artist who became notorious for turning the Trevi Fountain in Rome into a surreal pool of blood two weeks ago, mounted another protest action, this time using more than a million multi-colored plastic balls which he released from the top of Rome's famous Spanish Steps. "This was an artistic gesture to demonstrate the problems we have in Italy and to do so, I used art," Graziano Cecchini said of his latest stunt. "Both the Left and the Right are telling us so many lies and I and the Italians have had enough. They have broken our balls and hence this live art display. "

acau casino mogul and billionaire Stanley Ho bid a staggering $330,000 for a giant white truffle at auction Saturday, beating the offers of U. K. -based artist Damien Hirst and Sheik Mansoor Bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. The truffle, weighing 1. 5 kilograms, is now considered the world's biggest besting the 1. 29-kg truffle found in Croatia in 1999, which holds the Guinness World Record.

A small town in Texas now has a new international owner. Someone in Italy placed the winning bid on eBay for the town of Albert, Texas. The bid, for $3. 8 million, still has to be authenticated. Real estate sold on eBay does not have contractual obligations.