Rants
The Seattle Times reported Kurt Lidtke, a former local art dealer, is a suspect in a plot to resell expensive pieces by such artists as Rembrandt and Northwest painter Morris Graves. Lidtke was arrested Tuesday.
Charles Brown, from the Department of Agriculture, predicts the western United States will be crawling with grasshoppers this year, according to The Oregonian. Population cycles and drought contribute to this being the worst grasshopper year since the 1980s.
Raves
Reuters reported that a Beijing man who was “murdered” 10 years ago recently reappeared in his hometown. His American name: Jack Bauer.
Archeologists studying Mayan ruins used new “lidar” technology (light detection and ranging) to map the topography of about 80 square miles in only four days, The New York Times reported.
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