Two Venetian electricians have been sentenced to six- and seven-year prison terms for negligence in starting the fire that burned down Venice’s La Fenice Opera House seven years ago (it still hasn’t reopened). “A court last year decided that the two electricians had negligently laid electric cables, which short-circuited, and the two were found guilty of arson. A number of high-ranking city officials, and the director of the opera house, were acquitted by the same court on charges of negligence.”