Authorities raid California museums
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Federal agents executed search warrants Thursday at several Southern California museums, looking for stolen antiquities, officials said.
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Thieves broke into a museum and stole around a dozen glass artworks made by a French master craftsman, worth &#36;3.3 million, police said Wednesday.
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Armed robbers stole "The Scream" and  another masterpiece by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch on Sunday  in a bold daytime raid on an Oslo museum in front of dozens of  terrified tourists.
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Officials from the Munch Museum begged the thieves who stole "The Scream" and "Madonna" on Sunday to show great care for the paintings.
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Armed men stormed into an art museum Sunday, threatened staff at gunpoint and stole Edvard Munch&#39;s famous paintings &quot;The Scream&quot; and &quot;Madonna&quot; before the eyes of stunned museum-goers.
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Federal agents armed with search warrants conducted raids in three states Wednesday as part of a nationwide crackdown on the theft of copyrighted materials through the Internet, the Justice Department announced.
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Limited edition prints of artwork by guerrilla artist Banksy are stolen in two raids at a gallery in Brighton.
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They've stolen cars, used drugs and forged checks. When California is burning, they fight fires.
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Police in Peru storm an ancient Inca temple to free foreign 19 tourists taken hostage by coca growers.
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Police armed with a search warrant raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch on Friday as part of the child molestation investigation against him, a Santa Barbara County Sheriff's spokesman said.
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Police in Switzerland have recovered artworks stolen earlier this month in a daring heist at a Zurich museum, Geneva police said Tuesday.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - A man on Friday smashed a glass display case and tried to steal an antique silver ladle from Russia's Hermitage Museum, scene of a mass theft of artworks uncovered this year.
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OSLO -- Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum yesterday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece &quot;The Scream&quot; and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched.
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Armed robbers have stolen art worth $100 million, including works by Monet and van Gogh, from a Zurich museum, police said Monday.
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Armed robbers at Swiss museum make off with haul of works by Cezanne, van Gogh and Monet
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Professional burglars have raided the homes of some of Los Angeles&#39; most famous residents in the past year, making off with more than seven million dollars in swag, it was reported Friday.
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Police armed with a search warrant raided Michael Jackson&#39;s Neverland Valley Ranch on Friday, looking for evidence in the child molestation case against him, a Santa Barbara County Sheriff&#39;s spokesman said.