PREMIERE OF "MONA LISA SMILE"
Michael Stipe poses for pictures at the premiere of "Mona Lisa Smile" at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on December 10, 2003. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
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More than 150,000 people have signed a petition to have Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" returned to Italy from the Louvre museum in Paris.
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Visitors to France's Louvre museum will soon be able to navigate the structure's labyrinthine halls using a Nintendo portable game console, officials said.
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