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McD'Oh! Mona Lisa Meets McMuffins: Louvre to Get Golden ArchesHere's hoping that Umberto Eco, the Louvre's latest guest curator, has a taste for Royales with cheese. In what only sounds like a headline from The Onion, McDonald's will open a restaurant and a coffee shop inside the Louvre next month. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph:"The Louv... |
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French fried as Mickey D's invades Mona Lisa's lairIn a move guaranteed to wipe the famous smile off Mona Lisa's mug, McDonald's is planning to open an eatery inside France's great temple of culture: the Louvre museum. ... |
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Mona Lisa - 1911 - Top 10 HeistsHow many disgruntled ex-employees does it take to rob the Louvre? Apparently just one. On Aug. 21, 1911, former workman Vincenzo Peruggia waltzed into the museum and stole the tiny painting, then valued at $1 million, by ripping it from the wall while no one was looking, stuffing it under his shi... |
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Department of Understatement -- By: Mona CharenFrom Democratic pollster Mark Penn in Politico on Obama's media campaign: He's "on the edge of saturation exposure." Penn adds this statistic: Just to put some of the numbers in perspective, Obama has logged 124 television interviews so far in his presidency, compared ... |
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Nouvelles Images Mona Lisa Wall StickerNouvelles Images has just released a new series of wall stickers, including this take on Mona Lisa. This more graphic, abstract interpretation of the original is about 20" x 28" and can ordered online for around $30. ... |
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Coddle Your Enemies; Betray Your Friends -- By: Mona CharenToo harsh a description of Obama foreign policy? With today's news of the abandonment of missile defense in Europe, it hardly seems so. Here's the former Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolanek: "This is not good news for the Czech state, for Czech freedom and independence. It puts us in ... |
