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Statue of Liberty replica decapitated on YouTube

Jul. 9, 2009
A stolen Statue of Liberty replica has resurfaced in a disturbing video posted on YouTube that shows someone decapitating the blindfolded lady and smashing her head into pieces.
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NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- The operator of a New York coffee shop says the recent theft of an 8-foot Statue of Liberty replica from her site is thoroughly "un-American."

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Stockholm, Sweden, said a package left outside the U.S. embassy that was suspected to be a bomb turned out to be a Statue of Liberty souvenir.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- New U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar says his tour Friday of the Statue of Liberty in New York was to determine the landmark's current status.

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GRIFFITH, Ind., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The owner of a Griffith, Ind., design agency said the public is invited to a Sunday celebration marking a Statue of Liberty replica's shipment to St. Louis.

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ATHENS, Greece, June 14 (UPI) -- A statue of the Greek god Apollo that was stolen 16 years ago has been returned to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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200-pound Statue of Liberty replica stolen

GARY, Ind., April 25 (UPI) -- The Gary, Ind., owner of a missing 200-pound replica of the Statue of Liberty has offered a reward for the massive sculpture's return.

Statue of Liberty to reopen

WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) -- The Statue of Liberty, closed to visitors since the September 11, 2001, attacks, will be reopened soon, national park officials told Congress on Thursday.

Statue of Liberty still closed

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- More than two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Statue of Liberty remains closed while a new set of secure entrances and exits remains unfunded.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler