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High-Class Heists: Art Crime is on the Risenew

South Florida is a global center in the international art crime circuit -- an enterprise that accounts for more than $6 billion a year, more than the cross-border trade of diamonds, sex, or hot cars.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Tim Elfrink  |  12-09-2008  |  Art

Angela Crafton Brings Unusual Cred to Philly's Prison Arts Programnew

Crafton has taught mural painting to Philadelphia prison system inmates for the past five years. But a decade ago, she was incarcerated herself.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Frank Rubino  |  12-08-2008  |  Art

Philly Fashion Designer Melanie Brandon Turns Guns into Things of Beautynew

Brandon wondered what she could do about such a large and formidable problem as citywide gun violence. She was just a fashion designer, after all. Then it struck her: Take the guns out of circulation. Melt them down. Turn them into jewelry.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Makia Harper  |  11-25-2008  |  Fashion

The Dallas Cowboys Are Counting on NFL Outlaw Pacman Jonesnew

Pacman -- acquired in a trade by the Cowboys April 23 and reinstated after a one-year suspension by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell August 28 -- will be subjected to unprecedented scrutiny this season.
Dallas Observer  |  Richie Whitt  |  09-08-2008  |  Sports

Manson Clan Body Dig Underwaynew

Law enforcement agencies and scientists, shadowed at a distance by a small army of local and international reporters, descended on Barker Ranch this month in hopes of getting to the bottom of a persistent rumor that Manson Family murder victims are buried there.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  05-27-2008  |  History

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