Word: heist
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...brazen heist took place at 4:30 in the afternoon, while 15 visitors strolled around three floors of the vine-covered villa. The masked thieves, including one who witnesses said spoke German with a Slavic accent, ordered the museum staff at gunpoint to lie on the floor. They then stripped the wall of the downstairs salon of four paintings, considered to be among the museum's most expensive, says the museum's curator, Lukas Gloor. The heist took less than three minutes and nobody was hurt...
...Switzerland's art community, meanwhile, is wondering whether such a theft could have been prevented in the first place, and if so, how. "The security in our museums is very high," says David Vuillaume, secretary general of the Swiss Museums Association, pointing out that the E.G. Bührle heist was the first armed robbery perpetrated while a museum was open to public. "The question is, how do we protect museums against armed thieves, while remaining open and welcoming to the public...
...Baby,” Timbaland says. “I’mma pull a heist and it’s gonna be dangerous. You gotta stay away from me. I love you too much to let you get mixed up in this.” “Come on,” says former Pussy Cat Doll Nicole Scherzinger. “Let me in. I can be a dame. Won’t blow the whistle. Get you cheesed.” Cue music, dance sequence. Seems like a good beginning to a rap video...
...Freshman back Maggie McVeigh kicked off the effort when she slammed in the first goal six minutes into the game. Though recorded as unassisted, the first goal—like the entire game—was a team effort. McVeigh’s first shot drew Dartmouth goalie Ashley Heist out of the cage. The ball rolled to sophomore midfielder Kristin Bannon, who passed it to junior forward Tami Jafar. Jafar’s ensuing shot was deflected back to McVeigh, who knocked home the ball to get Harvard on the scoreboard. “We came...
...parking meters were found stashed in a closet, but there were many hidden under blankets atop of beds and in various corners of the house.” Pasquarello described Gannon as someone with an extensive criminal history. According to a Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation spokesman, the alleged heist cost the city at least $37,000 in replacement fees Assistant District Attorney Kate Cimini estimated that the final cost in lost revenue would be closer to $100,000, the Boston Globe reported. All of the meters in Gannon’s house were found emptied with tags of their...