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There seems to have been, as well, an attempt to cover up the caper. The theft occurred in April, but the bereft Bunny keepers said nothing publicly until two weeks ago, when Playboy offered a Hefty $50,000 reward for the wayward videos' safe return...
...capital, Shinkaretsky is the Ralph Nader of the U.S.S.R., the champion of consumers in a country with precious little to consume. Though his persistence in uncovering agriculture shortcomings has earned him the nickname "Tomato Joe," he quickly points out, "I also expose the problems of sanitation, transportation and theft...
...comes from Michael Allegretto. His Blood Stone (Scribner's; 261 pages; $16.95) is a superb example of the "cold crime" subgenre. A seedy private eye, approached by an even seedier pal, starts looking for the proceeds of a famous jewel robbery out West a couple of decades after the theft. His allies and enemies in an ever shifting set of alliances include an aging femme fatale, a spunky tomboy and her ex-con grandfather, a trio of murderous Indians, a small-town newspaper editor and a crooked policeman. The plot and mood are vaguely reminiscent of The Maltese Falcon, except...
This week, the FBI arrested two New York men in connection with the MFA theft. George Athanatos, 34, and Ronald Corteselli, 28, are now also being investigated in connection with thefts in Detroit, Columbus, Albany, Syracuse, Baltimore and San Francisco...
According to Harvard Police Chief Paul E. Johnson and Cambridge Police Lt. Donald Carney, the students were mistaken for a white suspect in a simultaneous nearby convenience store theft. It is unclear whether the searching officers were aware of the description of the actual suspect, who was arrested later that night by Harvard Police...