Gardner Museum Heist Targets Priceless Works in Boston
Thieves posing as police gained entry to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole two Rembrandt works, several Degas pieces, Manet, Vermeer and Flinck paintings, plus a 1200–1100 B.C. Chinese bronze vase. Value estimated at no less than $100 million. Police and experts warn recovery may be unlikely. authorities stress swift action in the crucial first hours.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
Boston
Fenway
Guinness Book of World Records
Reichsbank
Guinness
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Imelda
Louvre
Paris
Italy
Karen Haas
Haas
Gardner
The
Rembrandt
Edgar Degas
Edouard Manet
Jan Vermeer
Govaert Flinck
On Stewart Gardner Museum
Rembrant
Degas
Vermeer
Iowa City AIDS Hospices Considered For Care
A Iowa City idea proposes a live in hospice for AIDS patients who need housing while receiving treatment. Julie Severide of the Cedar Rapids Red Cross notes some AIDS and HIV patients require a home setting though hospitalization is not needed.
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Iowa City
Julie Severide
The
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Evansdale AIDS hospice fire ruled arson by fire marshal
The Evansdale AIDS hospice fire was an arson, with ordinary combustible materials in a garage set ablaze during remodeling. No injuries occurred. two new residents were away and relocated. The case will be turned over to Evansdale authorities after investigators spent Monday on the scene.
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Lyle Muller
Evansdale
Jerry Corbett
Des Moines
Corbett
Eastern Iowa native leads museum theft investigation narrative
An Eastern Iowa born museum director, Anne Hawley of the Gardner Museum in Boston, manages the fallout from a Sunday heist of priceless artworks. The West Liberty native reflects on her rural roots, career path, and commitment as media briefings emphasize the garden theft and ongoing inquiries.
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Boston
Hawley
Iowa
Dazette
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Anne Hawley
The
Gazette
West Liberty
Muscatine County
Leone
Marshall Hawley
Leone Hawley
University of Iowa
Massachusetts Council On the Arts and the Humanities
Gardner Museum
Cedar Rapids considers private live-in AIDS hospice move
Severide, a Rapids AIDS Project member, says a Cedar Rapids hospice could be privately owned with no public location. Officials note 175 AIDS diagnoses in Iowa since 1983, with 100 deaths by Feb. 23, while Iowa City has no HIV positive count.
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Severide
Rapids Aids Project
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Health
Iowa
Judge denies mistrial in Poindexter case
A federal judge refused defense calls for a mistrial after a witness blurted out testimony during Iran Contra related proceedings. The ruling kept the trial on track with focus on whether Poindexter conspired to obstruct and lie to Congress amid prior immunity and prior testimony.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
John Poindexter
Dan K. Webb
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
House Intelligence Committee
Poindexter
Hamilton
Webb
Reagan
Richard Beckler
Harold Greene
Oliver North
United States
Congress
Greene
Iowa Senate debates child friendly prison policy and crime bills
Senate backers push a plan to keep inmate families together with newborns and toddlers at Mitchellville with possible expansion to 2 year olds. Provisions include housing facilities and 50 extra beds, while other options limit to younger children. The bill also tightens drug selling penalties near schools, raises rehab and victim service provisions, and adds chemical precursor registration.
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Mitchellville
Reformatory
Varn
Senate
Democrats
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Gayette
Beckler
Terry Branstad
Ways and Means Committee
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