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POZNAN, POLAND — Amid high temperatures and even higher drama, Spain and Italy confirmed themselves as the two qualifiers from Group C at the European Championship. Until Jesús Navas scored the late winner, Spain had a tough time breaking down a Croatian side that went to Gdansk intent on preventing its opponents from playing their usual game. It ended Monday night on that solitary goal, 1-0, sending Spain, the defending champion, through to the knockout round and sending Croatia, a fancied outsider, home and on summer vacation.

Mario J. Gabelli, the eminent philanthropist and investment innovator, will be Grand Marshal of the New York City's 2012 Columbus Day Parade, the world's largest celebration of Italian-American culture and heritage. The 68th annual Columbus Day Parade be held on October 8, 2012, and will feature 35,000 marchers and over 100 contingents, including virtuoso performances of traditional Italian and Italian-American music and dance, street performers, historical and contemporary floats, over a dozen marching bands, and national and international dignitaries.

ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of Italian workers rallied in Rome on Saturday to protest pension cuts, tax hikes and labor reforms imposed by the government of Mario Monti and to demand more stable work, particularly for the young.

“I WANTED nothing more than to be a foreign filmmaker,” Woody Allen said recently, “but of course I was from Brooklyn, which was not a foreign country. Through a happy accident I wound up being a foreign filmmaker because I couldn’t raise money any other way.”