Read more heist stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12915/heist.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:53:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73682/french-find-13m-from-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench police have recovered most of the $16 million they believe was stolen by a security van driver in a daring heist in Lyon last week. The suspect drove off with an armored van full of cash while his colleagues were inside a bank. Some $13 million in euros was...http://www.newser.com/story/73682/french-find-13m-from-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 3:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67390/uk-police-arrest-third-man-in-65m-robbery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish police arrested a third man today suspected of participating in the biggest jewelry heist in British history, the Times of London reports. Police already have two men in custody, having captured at least one from DNA evidence left at the scene of the crime. Authorities have said that the...http://www.newser.com/story/67390/uk-police-arrest-third-man-in-65m-robbery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66374/uk-releases-great-train-robber-biggs-to-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRonnie Biggs, part of a crew that stole millions from a British mail train in 1963 in the notorious Great Train Robbery, has been issued a “compassionate release” from prison to undergo medical treatment in his final days, the Guardian reports. Biggs, 80, has pneumonia, and doctors say there is...http://www.newser.com/story/66374/uk-releases-great-train-robber-biggs-to-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 13:23:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60578/brazen-paris-gunman-grabs-8m-in-gems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA lone gunman boldly stepped into a plush Chopard store in Paris and walked out with $8 million in gems yesterday, reports the BBC. The thief, dressed in a suit and fedora, forced the staff to hand over 15 pieces of jewelry, then calmly exited into the aftyernoon sun. Late...http://www.newser.com/story/60578/brazen-paris-gunman-grabs-8m-in-gems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 5:17:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53827/milwaukee-jewel-thieves-get-robbed-leaving-store.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThieves in Milwaukee knocked off a jewelry store yesterday—only to be robbed of the loot themselves as they made their getaway, the Journal Sentinel reports. Police say the two suspects were confronted and robbed by at least four men as they left the store. Cops managed to arrest the...http://www.newser.com/story/53827/milwaukee-jewel-thieves-get-robbed-leaving-store.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 14:26:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20959/13-must-see-heist-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDid The Bank Job leave you itching for more scheme-heavy heist films? Entertainment Weekly names 13 greats: Ocean's Eleven : Ex-con George Clooney gathers a gang to filch $150 million and get back his girl, Julia Roberts. A Fish Called Wanda : John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis are among the double-crossers...http://www.newser.com/story/20959/13-must-see-heist-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Mar 2008 11:11:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20939/all-in-all-not-a-bad-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou probably won't ponder The Bank Job once you've left the theater, but most critics say you're likely to enjoy it while you're there. The heist film, very loosely based on a real bank robbery that happened in London in 1971—which captivated the public because of its rumored connection...http://www.newser.com/story/20939/all-in-all-not-a-bad-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Mar 2008 7:35:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18546/thieves-snag-2-picassos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThieves stole two Picasso paintings that belong to a German museum from a Swiss art gallery where they had been on display, the Guardian reports. The pilfered works, Tete de Cheval and Verre et Pichet, were on loan from the Sprengel Museum. Combined, they're worth $4.5 million, AFP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/18546/thieves-snag-2-picassos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 Feb 2008 14:28:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16704/nothing-funny-about-this-money.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven Oscar-caliber talent like Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah can't save Mad Money , about three cash-strapped women who join forces to pull off the perfect heist. The movie, which also stars Katie Holmes, "fails to hit the stratosphere," Stephen Schaefer writes in the Boston Herald, because it "just isn’t funny...http://www.newser.com/story/16704/nothing-funny-about-this-money.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jan 2008 16:29:24 CST