Japan metal thieves steal kids' slides, toilet roof
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Children's slides, incense holders from cemeteries and even the roof of a public toilet have disappeared in a spate of metal robberies in Japan prompted by surging steel and copper prices.
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Japanese officials Saturday inspected a nuclear plant that leaked small amounts of radioactive material after a major earthquake.
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A 10-story apartment block in Portugal was evacuated in the early hours forcing dozens of people out of their beds and onto the street, after a man stole the building's copper pipes, causing a gas leak, police said.
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Burglars stole two computers containing records on people who receive medical assistance benefits for mental health and substance abuse treatment, state officials said Tuesday.
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In a drama played out on live television, a mother and her two toddlers were found trapped in their car under tons of rock and mud on Wednesday nearly four days after a deadly earthquake hit northern Japan.
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Australian copper thieves have turned tomb raiders, pilfering plaques and vases from cemeteries to sell the metal for scrap, an official said Tuesday.
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Evil Plankton is the obvious suspect, but landlubbers are more likely to blame for a nationwide rash of thefts of 9-foot-tall and 9-foot-wide SpongeBob SquarePants inflatables propped on the roofs of Burger King restaurants.
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TOKYO - A glittering bathtub made of gold worth nearly $1 million has been stolen from a resort hotel, an official said Wednesday.
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Police found more than 4,000 pieces of lingerie in the home of a Japanese construction worker who used climbing skills developed on his job to steal women&#39;s underwear.
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Thieves make off with more than 200 items from Russia's prestigious Hermitage art museum.
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In a drama played out live on Japanese television, a two-year-old toddler was rescued on Wednesday, four days after a deadly quake triggered a landslide that buried the car carrying him and his family.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - In a drama that gripped Japanese  watching on live television, a two-year-old toddler was pulled  alive from a car that had been buried under tons of rock and  mud for nearly four days after a deadly earthquake.
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Stolen gold and silver discs won by Ozzy Osbourne's band Black Sabbath were recovered Wednesday after thieves dumped them behind trash cans.
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Six scrap metal dealers have been arrested for stealing an Austro-Hungarian-era 13-meter-long iron bridge, Bosnian police said Friday .
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A two-year-old boy was pulled alive from the rubble today after nearly four days under a landslide caused by the earthquake that devastated northern Japan.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dozens of 9-foot-tall SpongeBob Squarepants balloons have been stolen from the roofs of Burger Kings from Florida to Utah since the release of the famous cartoon character's hit movie, authorities said.
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The theft follows a simple pattern. A little girl asks a customer in a shop for help reaching something on a shelf, and while he or she is distracted another child steals a wallet or cash from their pocket or bag.