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Art Gallery of One of the World’s Most Powerful Art Dynasties Raided By Feds For Money Laundering
Art Gallery of One of the World’s Most Powerful Art Dynasties Raided By Feds For Money Laundering

Agents removed computers from the Helly Nahmad Gallery. Photo: Michael Appleton for the NY TimesThe New York Times Over the years the Nahmad family has amassed an estimated 300 Picassos worth $900 million, and about 4,500 other works by artists including Monet and Miró, many secreted in a duty-free…

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17Apr2013


Automobiles & Pedestrians | The History of Jaywalking
Automobiles & Pedestrians | The History of Jaywalking

99% InvisibleOn the streets of early 20th Century America, nothing moved faster than 10 miles per hour. Responsible parents would tell their children, “Go outside, and play in the streets. All day.”And then the automobile happened. And then automobiles began killing thousands of people, every year. …

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17Apr2013


Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl | Old Fashioned Hawaii Who-Done-It
Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl | Old Fashioned Hawaii Who-Done-It

National Public RadioHonolulu author Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl sets her Hawaiian mystery novel, Murder Casts a Shadow, in a darker, more sinister version of the tourist mecca.For Kneubuhl, it’s the lost world of old Hawaii that casts a shadow. “You know, that history for so long was kept away from pe…

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17Apr2013


Obey The Giant
Obey The Giant

Julian MarshallObey The Giant is based on the true story of Shepard Fairey’s first act of street art during his time at Rhode Island School of Design from 1989-1992. …

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17Apr2013
 
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