Rare book stolen from UCLA library
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Authorities are investigating the theft of a rare 18th century manuscript about Rome's politically powerful Orsini family from an exhibit case at a University of California, Los Angeles library.
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A long-lost manuscript of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck has been recovered, federal officials said on Wednesday.
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A laptop containing confidential information linked to the inquiry into the murder of loyalist Billy Wright, is stolen.
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For the second time in 10 years one of the most famous paintings in the world -- &quot;The Scream&quot; by Edvard Munch -- has been stolen from an art gallery in Oslo.
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Last June, the 128-year-old Library Journal joined the crowd and started its own "best" book list: the Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries. Librarians can now verify something they have long suspected: The fiction most sought-after by patrons is mysteries.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Masked thieves armed with a chisel stole the penis of a wooden Maori figurine, or tiki, at the entrance of a public library in northern New Zealand, police said.
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The FBI has recovered the long-lost manuscript of Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Good Earth," which had been missing for more than 40 years.
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Police have arrested four men in connection with the theft of several rare books from a university library, including a first edition of Charles Darwin's 1859 volume on natural selection.
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Greek police find a priceless ancient icon stolen from monastery last month hidden in a house in southern Greece.
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WEIMAR, Germany German officials are trying to determine exactly what was lost in a blaze at a library housing some the country&#39;s most prized books.
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By SEAN YOONG  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Two college students believed to be over-exuberant fans of "The Simpsons" stole a life-sized figurine of Homer Simpson from a cinema, but police tracked them down and forced them to return it Thursday.
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Two paintings by Pablo Picasso worth nearly five million Swiss francs (4.5 million dollars, 3.1 million euros) have been stolen from a museum in eastern Switzerland, police sources said on Friday.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - If someone gives you a copy of  "Rapala Pro Fishing," throw it back.
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CLOVIS, Calif. - Police here are looking for a collection plate crook who swiped church donations during a funeral service.  The theft occurred Friday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, where nearly 150 mourners attended memorial services for 85-year-old LeRoy Adolph.
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SEPTEMBER 03, 2004  - The disappearance of a laptop hard drive in the California State University (CSU) system has triggered a year-old state law requiring anyone whose personal information might have been stolen to be notified.
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A state archivist was charged Monday with stealing hundreds of artifacts Â documents representing "the heritage of all Americans," according to the history buff who found some of them on eBay Â to pay his household bills.
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Details on 800,000 may have been exposed UCLA has warned 800,000 current and former students that their personal details might have been exposed to a hacker who broke into the university's computer systems. Staff members are also affected by what's being described as one of the biggest information disclosure breaches on record.â¦