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week's edition include:
** Washington's Rare Pistols to Go on Display
The pistols originally were given to Washington in 1778 by the Marquis de
Lafayette, who bought them about three years earlier while serving in the
French army
** Diana's lover embroiled in Middle East art scandal
Oliver Hoare, one of Britain's most successful art dealers and a lover of
the late Diana, Princess of Wales, has become embroiled in the official
inquiry into the financial dealings of Sheikh Saud Al Thani of Qatar, the
world's biggest collector
** Moorpark mammoth claim concerns palaeontologists
Whereas most cities donate rare fossils to science, the Moorpark City
Council decided last week to hold on to the Ice Age skeleton - at least for
now
** The forgotten man of adventure
He was a pioneering climate scientist, naturalist, cinematographer, record-
breaking aviator, aeronautical photographer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer,
authority on submarine exploration, anthropologist, author, geographer,
military consultant and a man of deep spiritual convictions
** Mad cows sent to anger management
"These cows must seek professional help to confront their inner rage," said
Dr. Milton Shepherd of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Otherwise,
millions of Americans will never feel safe eating a hamburger or a juicy,
steaming bowl of Beef-a-Roni."
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** Carousel Museum Opens
The electricity to the building was connected by Friday morning, so the
volunteers tried the 1913 carousel first without the 24 horses, two rabbits,
three ponies, lovers' tub and a chariot
** Museum files suit vs. broker over proceeds from art sale
The Museum of Northern Arizona on Monday filed a fraud suit against a Santa
Fe art broker who it alleges has not accounted for proceeds from a sale
three years ago of some of the museum's most valuable art at a time when it
was in extreme financial hardship
** Do you have ancient relics in the attic?
British antiquarians are launching an Internet hunt to find a 1 000-year-old
relic last seen in 1868 and believed to be the most remarkable piece of
pre-Norman conquest plate ever found in England
** Bugs & co. jump from celluloid to museum walls
At the James A. Michener Art Museum, that question is answered with a new
exhibit featuring more than 160 drawings, cels, paintings and related items
from the golden era of Warner Bros. animation that made Bugs Bunny - now
officially a senior citizen - and his fellow Looney Tuners into pop culture
icons for generations of Americans
** Air Museum remembers Doolittle's raid
When 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers, commanded by Lt. Col. James Doolittle, flew
off the deck of a carrier 63 years ago, they struck the first blow against
Japan during World War II.
** Slimy tribute to politicians raises eyebrows
Insect experts are at odds over plans to name three newly-discovered species
of slime-mould beetle after United States President George Bush,
Vice-President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld
** Egyptian sea vessel artefacts discovered at pharaonic port
When Kathryn Bard reached through the small hole that opened in a hillside
along Egypt's Red Sea coast, her hand touched nearly 4,000 years of history
** Stolen pre-Incan mask returned to museum in Peru
The mask was stolen more than two decades ago by looters who conducted an
illegal dig at a tomb in Ferreņafe, in Lambayeque, and was sold in Italy
Growing crisis between Japan, China seen in museum panel
The Yasukuni museum lays out a complete narrative for a protective Japanese
view of the past, in which Japan fought a noble but losing battle to
liberate Asia from Western dominance
Treasure found on Haddiscoe Island
On closer inspection, the foreman of the flood defence work site realised
they were silver coins and quickly picked up around 200 of them
** Yamato Museum featuring battleship replica opens
Of the 6.5 billion yen project cost, some 210 million yen went to making the
battleship replica, which was sunk in the East China Sea with 3,000 crew
aboard about 60 years ago late in World War II
** Court action on artefacts
A group of Aboriginal elders has taken Victoria's Aboriginal Affairs
Minister to court in a bid to stop cultural artefacts on loan from overseas
from leaving the state
** Archaeologist uncovers suit of flexible armour in Jamestown trash pit
Archaeologists have discovered at least a partial suit of flexible body
armour that early Jamestown colonists found to be effective protection
during Indian attacks, the project's curator of artefacts
** Museum chief's job on block
The latest fireworks came Monday when the commissioners learned McLaughlin
refused to provide an access code for the alarm system at the Douglas County
Museum
** Third Scream suspect is charged
"We stress that the paintings have not been recovered but we are optimistic
that they will be found," said police lawyer Morten Hojem Ervik.
** Archaeologists unearth 5,600-year-old Egyptian tomb
Archaeologists digging in a 5,600-year-old funeral site in southern Egypt
unearthed seven corpses believed to date to the era, as well as an intact
figure of a cow's head carved from flint
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** National High Blood Pressure Education Month.
** Romans in the Rhone Valley
** Packing Room Prize Winner
** The British Interactive Group annual conference
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