An Empress's Jeweled Hairpin Buffs a Canadian Crook's Rep
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TORONTO -- The gem was hidden in the wall of Granny's home. When the police found it, they promoted Danny Blanchard from very clever accused con man and ATM cash thief to alleged mastermind of an international jewel theft ring.
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An art broker stands accused of tricking the owner of a Monet painting out of nearly $2m.
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ATHENS, Greece - âIâll trade you a Micronesia and Cayman Islands for that bobble head pin,â said Linda Wade from her trading post at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
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Beneath an ornate chandelier, Rob Clarey lifts up his anti-mine boot and proudly shows it to a visitor.
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She has more metal in her mouth than that James Bond villain, Jaws. She has a thing for wearing ponchos, not so great a fashion statement on the streets of New York.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - Joyce King, the queen of the arm wrestling world, had to twist a lot of arms to make it to the top.
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MUNGER, Mich. - There's royal intrigue at the Munger Potato Festival, with Queen Allison Nowicki protesting her ouster over claims of playing hooky.
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"Through these doors walk the most beautiful women in Alberta."  Like a rodeo champion hanging on to a bucking horse, a Calgary western bar is riding the publicity swirling around Prince Harry's brief frolic with one of its barmaids. via CBC News
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This is where "strippergate," the controversy that threatens to derail the career of Immigration Minister Judy Sgro, all began: on a stage like this one, at the Diamonds Cabaret in Mississauga, Ont.
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One Fool puts a price tag on the luxury casino operator.
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As the familyâs relationship with the public has been tested, the British royals have begun to offer peeks at the underpinnings of their fortune.
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France has always had a soft spot for the lawbreaker. Now JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the trader who cost SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale more than $7 billion, has attracted a fan club of his own.
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They are flirtatious, love to target older men, are weighed down with designer accessories and within minutes of meeting a man want to know his bank balance.
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One of their legislators was suspended for fraud. Another outraged women by saying only brainless businessmen would hire "a lady of child-bearing age."
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Take it to your mountaintop fortress, pop open some Chateau Lafite and hang it next to your other stolen masterpieces? Whenever a high-profile art theft occurs, rumors circulate that a scandalously rich collector has commissioned the crime.
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A Canadian singer wins a privacy case which is seen as a significant for other celebrities.
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It's perfectly legal, but it  will still seem to some listeners like the sound of someone  making off with England's crown jewels.