Three men wearing ski masks stole $163 million worth of art from a museum in Zurich on Sunday. Marco Cortesi, a spokesman for the Zurich Museum said that this robbery may be the biggest robbery in Europe's history. The men walked into the museum shortly before closing hours and one man held the security guard up at gun point while the other two men stole four paintings including those of Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh, and Monet.
This story is important because of its oddity. It is not often that legendary paintings can be stolen; especially with as much ease in which they were stolen. What makes this story even more interesting is that there was a theft in a town nearby called Pfaffikon where thieves stole an estimated amount of $4.4 million worth of paintings (The New York Times, 2/12/08, p.a6).
My personal favorite story of the week is the writers' strike which looks like it might come to an end soon. This story has a great deal of human interest because it affects the T.V. shows in which we watch (and watch again because of the writers' strike). It also has timeliness because it seems as if the strike will soon be over. It also has impact because o the amount of money that has been lost due to this strike (The New York Times, 2/10/08, p.a20).
Thieves Take Masterworks (The New York Times, 2/12/08, pa6). For Clemens, No Joy Found In Testimony (The New York Times, 2/14/08, p. a1). Formal Apology to Aborigines by Australia’s New Leader (The New York Times, 1/12/08, p.a8). Obama Captures Three More Contests by Broad Margins (The New York Times, 2/13/08, p.a1). Writers Return (The New York Times, 2/10/08, p.a20).
