Topic: ART - on May 22, 2010 at 9:33:00 AM CEST
Art thieves steal £80,000 Banksy from Kate Moss's home
It is thought that Moss, 36, her partner Jamie Hince, and her 59-year-old mother Linda were asleep in the house when the burglars struck.
The gang forced their way into her £7 million home in Maida Vale, north London, at around 4am on Thursday and grabbed the pieces before fleeing.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 22, 2010 at 9:32:00 AM CEST
Turin police raid Scientology chapter
Police raided a local Scientology chapter here and discovered a hidden archive which contained not only information on the group's members but also on the sect's 'enemies', the Turin daily La Stampa reported on Thursday.
Police were acting on a warrant issued by magistrates who have opened a probe into the religion which is suspected of violating laws governing the handling of personal information.
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Topic: STRANGE - on May 22, 2010 at 9:30:00 AM CEST
1794 Silver Dollar Sells for Record $7.85 million
What may be America's oldest silver dollar has become the world's most expensive coin, with its owner saying it changed hands in a private transaction between coin collectors for nearly $8 million.
Steven L. Contursi, who has owned the mint-condition 1794 Liberty dollar for the past seven years, confirmed Thursday that he sold it to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale for $7.85 million.
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