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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Lakeland loses in District 2 Class AA final; Lackawanna Trail is defeated in the PIAA Class A playoffs; Old Forge grabs the Eastern Conference title. Sports, Bl life Mlm mmm FINAL NORTH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S LARGEST NEWS TEAM NEWSSTAND SO HOME DELIVERY 7V SCRANTON, PA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2005 30 wmrfflfo duddDDdcltq 'si Pollock, Warhol paintings swiped; value could approach $11M I Eagles and Owens remain at odds An arbitration hearing Friday on Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens' grievance is yet to result in a decision. Mr. Ow-ens is seeking reinstatement, but he probably won't play again for the Eagles regardless of the outcome. Sports, B7 Law firm to chase tax delinquents The North Pocono School District has $2.2 million in outstanding taxes, but officials are hoping that's about to change.

The district is one of the first in the region to hire a law firm to go after delinquents, giving up on traditional county tax claim bureaus. Local, A3 Expecting 8 feet of snow, MooHaHaHa -1 1ll 3-tf 1 NT I 1 V' 1 1 tjsA I KLmrii .7, I Weather-obsessed columnist Chris Kelly presents his annual rant in response to the dire winter XL JU 'eSAUr-: -ffc wrmA I vllifrwiiiii n-ii'' ii1 X'lf Maw 3a Pbisu. tWap titwrirn -ii rWft-r forecast offered by the Farmers' Almanac. Op-Ed, All 'Springs Winter' by Jackson Pollock, 1949 "Springs Winter" is a 40by-32-inch oil-on-canvas painting by Jackson Pollock (1912-56). A major force in the abstract expressionism movement, Mr.

Pollock painted "Springs Winter" In 1949. The painting, owned by a private collector, was on loan to the Everhart Museum. A similar painting by Mr. Pollock sold at auction, 'Ls Grande Passion' by Andy Warhol, 1984 "Le Grande Passion' is a 40-by-40-inch silk screen on board by Andy Warhol The pop art icon created It on commission in 1984 for an ad campaign for Grand Passion cognac. The Everhart Museum-owned piece woujd have an auction value of $15,000, according to art dealerhistorian Pierette VanCleve of the Art Cellar Exchange.

in May 2004 for $11.6 million, a record for the artist's work. Top thefts The FBI's top five art thefts: 7,000 to 10,000 looted 2003 painting from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1990 2 Rnolrs and a Rembrandt from Sweden's National Museum, 2000 (Recovered) Munctit Food costs higher, but not crippling Americans buying food for Thanksgiving are generally finding that costs are a little higher, but not as much as they feared in the wake of hurricanes and gas-price hikes. Analysts credit stiff competition among retailers with keeping increases to a minimum. Business, Dl New Jury to probe CIA leak allegations Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on Friday signaled that his probe into the disclosure of an undercover CIA officer's identity will continue and "will involve proceedings before a different grand jury" from the one that indicted I. Lewis "Scooter jLibby.

At Senate pushes new medical records The Senate on Friday passed a bill calling on the government to push new technology that will let people carry their meoV cal records around their necks or on key chains. Privacy advocates, though, have expressed concern. Hearth Science. CC A history lesson on first Americans National American Indian Heritage Month started 15 years ago, but the observance has received a lot more attention since 2004. when the National Museum of the American Indian opened in Washington, C.

Both have helped to inspire awweness of North Amenca't natives. Lifestyles. CI Police on scene within 4 minutes of 2:30 a.m. alarm STACY SHOWN STAFF WRITER Thieves who apparently knew "exactly what they wanted" stole a rare and valuable painting by American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock and another by pop culture icon Andy Warhol during an early morning break-in Friday at the Everhart Museum, The Pollock work alone is likely worth millions of dollars, experts said. FBI and Scranton police said the thieves entered the museum by shattermg a glass door in the back of the building.

The burglars appeared to have been aided by a massive tent covering the back entrance that museum officials constructed for the annual Everhart Ball scheduled tonight Police arrived at the museum Just four minutes after the alarm sounded at 2:30 a m. and found a broken window. City police identified the stolen artwork as Mr. Pollock's 1949 abstract. "Springs Winter." and a 1984 silk screen by Mr.

Warhol, "Le Grande Passioa" Museum officials said while an alarm sound ed. surveillance cameras were not working. The break-in set off the museum's alarm system, but the thieves had disappeared by the time PkaM Mt tho Pat At FBI: 'No market for stolen art' BY JAMES HAOOEJmr STAFF WRITER Stealing a famous artist's masterwork from a museum may be easier than unloading it in an increasingly vigilant environment Experts in the art theft field say the immediacy of the Internet combined with monitoring by law enforcement and private agencies make it virtually impossible for stolen works to be sold legitimately or for anywhere close to their estimated worth. "The true art in an art theft is not stealing the material, it's selling it," said Robert Witt-man, an FBI agent based in Philadelphia who is the agency's lead art theft Investigator. He also took part in the recent recovery in Denmark of a stolen Rembrandt self portrait valued at $36 million.

"There is no market for hot art" The theft of creations by pop Glass from a broken rear door at the Everhart Museum lies In a trash can on FrWey. At right Is museum juard Nick Sopchak. problem for thieves." Mr. Shillingford said. "There is a black market but they are going to get a fraction of the value." The worldwide value of stolen art may run as high as $6 billion, Agent Wittman said, and the appraisal of stolen art In the United States is estimated at (500 million, including thefts, fraud and looting.

The FBI's Art Crimes Unit monitors worldwide activity PUate tr STOtXH, PaffAS art icon Andy Warhol and abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock in a Friday burglary at Scranton's Everhart Museum greatly diminishes their resale worth, said Dave Shillingford. New York marketing director for the Art Loss Register, an international concern that tracks stolen art for insurance companies, galleries and museums. There is no market as such, for stolen art and that is the na" from the Munch Museum in Oslo, 2004 Snv- nuim CtM Salt Cellar from Vienna's Museum. 2003 yz? In fiery debate, House rejects Iraq pullout Bombs kill at least 70 in two Shiite mosques Good morning HKX: 44 LOW st tsmust wooa tmc rw re? BAGHDAD. Iraq As wor til th ippers gathered for Friday Prayer, pair of suicide bomb Subversions 34 9 1 QiMViotJ ers wearing explosive belts oVmoiishfxl two Shirt mosques in the northern Kurduh ton -CI C3 BR Cam OA i of Khanaqin.

killing st least 70 people snd wounding more than 100 "We ant to make sure that we support our trorips that are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan We will not retreat." Speaker fnnis Hastert HL. said as the Republican k-ader-sh) pushed the iwue to a vote owr Detnncrata' proteta Like all but three of his fellow Democrats. Mr Murtha voted agatnit the meure Mr Murtha said he had tug geted bringing the troops sarly rrw in sa month. It was the scond time to Ws than a wek that Pmi-oWit Boii's Iraq fAtcf stjrred hpatH opiate tn Carigre On Tuday the Senate felrmtmi a I Wr rofch Mr Bmh to Ut out a timrtfcMe I aSSOClATtOPtSS WASHINGTON The House on Friday rejected calls fur an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided the vote as a p(4ifral stunt "Our troops have become the enemy We ned to change direction in Iraq." aaid Rr-p John Martha of Pennsylvania, a rr-raoa-atic ha wtv call a day eariM-r for pulling out trrxpt tparted a natty PrwcaJ d-tte ow the war The Ifouw vested aiJ to "1 a nnrhinding TiJ.

i tT4 ry the GCfP caJlmg I the miiitary 13 lev Iraq A23 3 ly populated residence for foreigners outside the fortified Green Zone, was the latest strike in a growing jihadut campaign against rirtually any fore urn presence here At least two dozen major Western new organizations have offices at the Hamra The attack ckely resembled one on two other prominent hneU lat month The collapse of the nearby apartment building sent a munhroom cloud above the Baghdad skyline Throughout the morning, firrf inters and Iraqi soldiers struggled to extract people buried in a mound of rubU frora the cc4 Upd rtfting away at the dn ith their hanSa Hi t. vrn ei Hours earlier, two suicide Mwrwcncw C2 TV C3 1 trur bombs struck a BaMd hotf I that a cent ft for expa- triatr-s and Journalist. kiUing st Wtf six Iraqis and Injuring mort than 0 A neighboring budding crumbled to th ground The st tbe Hsmrs prt.pt the Bart bv III ill C5S43 ZZZZZ3 ttntt at a mufjiirtnf af eayal BaSoae..