In the heart of Rome, for nearly a quarter of a century, the Pisano sisters held steadfast to their morning ritual, rain or shine, unfailingly opening their newspaper kiosk, or edicola in Italian. Except in August when Italy practically shuts down for vacation, and on sacred Sundays, a day of rest, Alessandra and Patrizia Pisano opened their newsstand in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, one of Rome's most beautiful squares, at 5:30 am and closed its shutters again at 3 pm. But now, at 59, illness ha