La douăzeci de ani după ce doi hoţi au intrat într-un muzeu din Boston şi au realizat cel mai mare jaf de artă din istorie, anchetatorii americani încearcă din nou să recupereze operele estimate la 500 milioane de dolari.
Soarta celor 13 tablouri de Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas şi Manet rămâne încă un mister şi subiect de [...]

Un manechin cunoscut în lumea modei din New York se distra zilele trecute în Arkansas şi a cam întrecut măsura.
La sosirea poliţiei, bărbatul de 21 de ani a oferit servicii sexuale autorităţilor în schimbul renunţării la acuzaţii.
Nick Snider, care în 2008 s-a clasat pe locul V în topul Forbes al celor mai bogaţi manechini din [...]

Osama bin Laden endorsed the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and threatened new attacks against the United States in an audio message released Sunday that appeared aimed at asserting he maintains some direct command over al-Qaida-inspired offshoots.
However, U.S. officials and several researchers who track terrorist groups said there was [...]

A lot of Americans aren’t ready to let go of the resigning governor, stepping down later this month with 18 months left in her term, citing the “insane” business of dealing with consuming ethics complaints back home in the aftermath of her brief stint on a national stage as the Republican 2008 vice presidential nominee.
Palin [...]

Friday, seven hours since the lottery’s announcement, more than half a million people had registered to snag a pair of tickets to the ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, according to Jackson family spokesman Ken Sunshine.
The overwhelming response prompted organizers to open up the lottery to non-U.S. residents as well, he said.
“When [...]

Sarah Palin’s bizarre bailout dooms her chances of ever being President, Republican mandarins said Friday – but she was already finished.
The Alaska governor’s disastrous star turn as John McCain’s running mate, followed by her lurching, controversial encore on the national scene, had already sealed her fate – except, perhaps, with the GOP’s most far-right wing.
Still, [...]

Actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors is shown in Mission Viejo, Ca., taking part in a celebrity tennis match in a television taping of “Challenge of the Network Stars.” (AP photo / April 4, 1977)
LOS ANGELES — The slightly soft-porn Wella Balsam ads notwithstanding, the infamous appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman” aside, it is impossible to [...]

Michael Jackson’s family wants a private autopsy of the pop icon because of unanswered questions about how he died and the doctor who was with him, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday.
“They are grief-stricken. They’re hurt because they lost a son. But the wound is now being kept open by the mystery and unanswered questions [...]

The FBI is investigating some of the biggest names in finance amid a wave of criminal cases linked to the U.S. economic meltdown.
Government agents are examining more than 500 cases of white-collar fraud – with 38 involving big banks and financial institutions.
A number are said to directly implicate banks receiving billions in taxpayer [...]

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama saw pop star Michael Jackson as a spectacular performer and music icon whose life nonetheless had sad and tragic aspects.
Gibbs said Friday that Obama sends his condolences to the late singer’s family and fans.
The White House did not issue a statement following Jackson’s death on [...]