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May 16, 2012 | | MYSTERY Searching for the remains of a teenager missing for three decades, Italian police opened the Vatican-owned tomb of mobster Enrico De Pedis, but the boxes of bones they found interred with his corpse only deepen the mystery, Barbie Latza Nadeau reports. ANTICIPATION Greek political leaders set June 17 as the date of the next election, although no official announcement has been made. Earlier Wednesday, Greek officials expressed concern that citizens are withdrawing euros from banks over fear of the country exiting the single currency and the rapid devaluation they would suffer as a result. In a meeting between Greek President Karolos Papoulias and political leaders, Papoulias spoke of the “fear that could develop into panic” at the country’s banks as the political parties failed to form a coalition government and a new election was announced. Central bank head George Provopoulos said Greeks had withdrawn at least €700 million ($894 million) on Monday. Meanwhile, the London stock exchange, the FTSE, was down Wednesday on the news from Greece. Big Money The Obama campaign is out with a new video in which manager Jim Messina touts the president’s recent fundraising accomplishments, like taking in $43.6 million in the month of April, as outside groups pour millions into Romney’s campaign. While April’s large loot was less than Obama raised in March, he’s still been able to fundraise more successfully than Romney, and that’s not including big fundraisers like the one at George Clooney’s house last week or the recent uptick in gay donors since his endorsement of same-sex marriage. TRIAL Defense attorneys for John Edwards wrapped up their case Wednesday without calling their client to the stand, and his mistress, Rielle Hunter, will not testify in the trial. Some watchers expected Hunter to testify since she could back up that Edwards had no direct knowledge of a secret effort to take care of her and keep her out of the public eye. However, an appearance from her would have posed a problem since she also serves as a reminder of his lies in their affair. Edwards faces six counts of campaign-finance violations, and he is accused of using campaign donations from two wealthy donors to hide his affair with Hunter and their daughter. ROLLER-COASTER Doctors for Aimee Copeland, the Georgia woman who fell victim to a rare flesh-eating bacterial disease after a ziplining accident, say she has been improving, although she will suffer from a “roller-coaster ride of ups and lows” in the coming weeks and months. Copeland’s father, Aaron Copeland, who has been blogging about his daughter’s disease, wrote on Tuesday that “every day we claim a small victory” and “we don’t have to see physical progress, we seem to take comfort in simple words, silly actions and quiet moments.” As a result of the infection, doctors have removed Copeland’s abdomen and amputated a leg and expect to remove her fingers, her father said. | | 
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