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 Philly Phetes Series Triumph  

Thousands gather, mainly peacefully, to celebrate Phillies' first title since 1980

Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Oct 30, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The streets of Philadelphia were mobbed with celebrating Phillies fans into today’s wee hours, with some directing enthusiastic violence at cars and shop windows, the Inquirer reports. Firemen responding to street blazes had to turn their hoses on uncooperative revelers, and sporadic looting was reported. Still, the overall scene was one of joy at the end of a 28-year drought. More »

More about:  baseball • Philadelphia Phillies • Philadelphia • fans • fire • 2008 World Series • looting • celebration

 Texas Battles 
 Ike Blackouts, 
 Floods, Looting 

FEMA struggles to keep Houston, Galveston supplied

Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Sep 15, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials were working yesterday to move emergency supplies and fresh water to distribution centers in beleaguered Houston, where residents were struggling to cope with continued flooding, blackouts and looting. Millions are still without power and a curfew is in force, reports the Houston Chronicle . Officials in Galveston, meanwhile, appealed for evacuated resident to stay out of the devastated city. More »

Feds Raid Calif. Museums, Gallery in Stolen Art Case

Illegal artifacts donated for inflated tax deductions

New York Times New York Times Jan 25, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents raided four California museums and a private gallery in a smuggling investigation into stolen foreign antiquities, reports the New York Times . The gallery allegedly imported looted goods from Thailand, Myanmar, and China, and individuals got inflated tax write-offs for donating them to museums. No charges have yet been filed in the case, which is being investigated by immigration, national park, and tax authorities. More »

More about:  California • art • fraud • museums • art theft • looting • artifacts

Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

Greek court clears
her of buying looted golden wreath

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Nov 27, 07 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Greek judges cleared a former Getty Museum curator today of buying a looted golden wreath, the Los Angeles Times reports. They said the statute of limitations had ended on the charge that Marion True okayed purchasing the illegally dug up Greek artifact. But "at no stage of these proceedings was any proof of a crime presented by Greek prosecutors," her attorney said. More »

More about:  Italy • Greece • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting

Getty Sends Looted Art Home

Italy wins decades-long fight over illegally purchased antiquities

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Aug 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy 40 works of art, including some of the finest in the museum's collection, following a decades-long legal battle. The museum has agreed to give up dozens of  masterpieces that Italy claims were looted, including its signature 5th-century marble Aphrodite, the LA Times reports. More »

More about:  Los Angeles • Italy • art • museums • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting • Getty

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