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  • September 2008

    • Mich. Letters Taunt Obama; Racist Vandals Strike Sign

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Mich. Letters Taunt Obama; Racist Vandals Strike Sign

      (Newser) - The Secret Service is investigating anti-Obama letters sent to a local Democratic office and a business in south-central Michigan, the AP reports, even as authorities in Pittsfield Township, about 40 miles west of Detroit, say an Obama billboard was defaced with swastikas and Klan symbols overnight. One letter declares a wish Obama “gets a bullet,” while the other threatens a business supporting the campaign. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Michigan  • racism  • Ku Klux Klan  • vandalism  • graffiti  • KKK

    • Kanye Charged in Photog Flap

      TMZ.com  |  Sep 11, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      Kanye Charged in Photog Flap

      (Newser) - Cops busted Kanye West today for felony vandalism at Los Angeles International Airport, TMZ reports, after the short-tempered rapper confronted a paparazzo trying to photograph him and smashed his camera to the ground. West then spotted a TMZ photog, who was filming the incident. His bodyguard tussled with the man and broke his camera. “Gimme that f**cking tape!” West demanded. More »

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      paparazzi  • airport  • Kanye West  • photographers  • vandalism  • LAX

  • June 2008

    • Everybody's a Critic

      Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |  Jun 6, 08 5:46 PM CDT

      Everybody's a Critic

      (Newser) - Pittsburgh police have charged a museum guard with defacing a $1.2 million painting he "didn't like," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Timur Serebrykov, 27, added he was "sorry" for keying the night sky image by Vija Celmins. The work suffered a "large vertical gouge" and is "a total loss," said an official at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. Serebrykov may plead a mental health defense. More »

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      art  • painting  • art museum  • Pittsburgh  • vandalism

  • May 2008

    • LA Cops Bust Tagger— With Help From YouTube

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 28, 08 2:18 PM CDT

      LA Cops Bust Tagger— With Help From YouTube

      (Newser) - LA cops have finally busted a tagger they say is one of California's most prolific graffiti artists—with the help of videos of him posted on YouTube, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 24-year-old art-degree grad who goes by the moniker "Buket" is accused of causing $150,000 in damage. He became a YouTube sensation, particularly after a video featuring him in a daredevil tag high above a freeway. More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • YouTube  • vandalism  • graffiti  • tag

    • Vandals Chip Away at Stonehenge

      Associated Press  |  May 23, 08 7:35 AM CDT

      Vandals Chip Away at Stonehenge

      (Newser) - Vandals chipped off a coin-sized piece of Stonehenge’s central megalith last week before escaping security guards, the AP reports. Two men used a hammer to knock off the piece, then hopped a fence and drove away. Local police are investigating the attack on the ancient World Heritage site. More »

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      Great Britain  • vandalism  • Stonehenge

  • March 2008

    • What?! Tourist Arrested for Busting Ancient Statue's Ear

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 27, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      What?! Tourist Arrested for Busting Ancient Statue's Ear

      (Newser) - A Finnish tourist is facing an imposing sentence for cracking an ear off one of Easter Island's ancient monoliths, the Guardian reports. A local woman saw him snap the ear off the 13-foot statue. It shattered in several pieces as it fell to the ground, and he fled with one of the bits clutched in his hand, said authorities. A Finnish diplomat said the man, 26, deeply regrets his "sudden, impulsive crazy idea." More »

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      Chile  • tourists  • statue  • vandalism  • monument  • Easter Island

  • November 2007

    • Hate Crimes Up; Racial Incidents Dominate

      Associated Press  |  Nov 19, 07 5:26 PM CST

      Hate Crimes Up; Racial Incidents Dominate

      (Newser) - Hate crimes in the US rose 7.8% in 2006, with racially motivated attacks accounting for more than half of 7,722 reported incidents. Religious bias represented one-fifth of hate crimes, and cases of sexual orientation discrimination nearly 16%, the AP reports. Victims of racial bias are overwhelmingly black, according to the FBI's annual hate crimes report, released today. More »

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      crime  • FBI  • race relations  • hate crime  • vandalism  • Jena 6

  • October 2007

    • Vandals Punch Hole in Monet

      BBC  |  Oct 8, 07 2:35 AM CDT

      Vandals Punch Hole in Monet

      (Newser) - Four or five people broke into a Paris museum on Sunday and punched a hole in a Monet. The group broke open a back door to the Musee d'Orsay and fled when an alarm sounded, but not before tearing a four-inch hole in "Le Pont d'Argenteuil," a scene of a bridge and boats on the Seine painted in 1874. The vandals appeared to be drunk. More »

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      France  • Paris  • painting  • art museum  • vandalism  • damage  • Monet  • vandals

  • July 2007
  • April 2007

    • MySpace Crashers Trash British Teen's House

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Apr 13, 07 11:15 AM CDT

      MySpace Crashers Trash British Teen's House

      (Newser) - After a British teenager invited a few friends to a party on MySpace, over 200 non-virtual revelers trashed her family's house. In a story being circulated by alarmed parents all over the Commonwealth, 17-year-old Rachael Bell's parents came back from vacation to find $48,000 worth of damage to their home. "Whoever has come in here are worse than animals," mum says. More »

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      Internet  • Great Britain  • MySpace  • teenagers  • vandalism

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