Cooper City NewsLocal news for Cooper City, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Art theft often an impulse crime- June 29, 2008 Art theft: It's a $6 billion dollar a year criminal enterprise executed mostly by burglars or amateurs acting on impulse. When it happens in a museum, cops are typically the last to know.The business is getting nastier, at least in Europe, experts say. The sophisticated gentleman cat burglar of yesteryear, if he ever existed at all, is being replaced by strong-armed thugs.Thefts of rare, prized artwork such as four paintings stolen from a museum in Nice, France, and connected to Bernard Ternus,.http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/art-theft-often-an-impulse-crime?fromrss=... French man faces US charge in theft of paintings- June 27, 2008 A French man allegedly involved in the theft of paintings by Claude Monet and two other artists has been charged in the U.S. with attempting to broker the sale of the stolen art to undercover FBI agents, ...http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/french-man-faces-us-charge-in-theft-of-pa... Tax cheats file fraudulent homestead exemptions- June 26, 2008 Broward County Property Appraiser Professional Standards & Compliance investigator Rhonda J. Bryant takes a photo of code violations posted on a door by the City of Ft.http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/tax-cheats-file-fraudulent-homestead-exem... Sports registrations- June 24, 2008 BASEBALL Archbishop McCarthy High School will hold a baseball camp for ages 7-12 through July 18.http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/sports-registrations?fromrss=1 Activists allege neglect of black high school in Lauderdale Lakes- June 22, 2008 Some Broward County activists and a former school district administrator worry that the school system is again shortchanging a predominantly black school but doing right by a school with fewer black students.A grass-roots group sued the school system 13 years ago for neglecting to provide older, black schools in eastern Broward with the same facilities, programs and quality teachers as newer, predominantly white schools out west. A judge said if disparities exist, you should be able to tell by..http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/activists-allege-neglect-of-black-high-sc... Events at Broward County parks- June 20, 2008 Many parks charge a $1.50 entry fee. Davie Tree Tops Park, 3900 SW 100th Ave., 954-370-3750. Exercise Program for Special Populations, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, exercises to music, participants must be able ...http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/events-at-broward-county-parks?fromrss=1 Family's hairloom of love- June 18, 2008 Three generations of Chandler family women donated eight months and 29 inches of hair on Thursday to help make free wigs for women who have lost their hair from cancer treatments.The Chandler hair, chopped at the Tangles Salon in Cooper City, will go to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, a national organization that distributes wigs to women through the American Cancer Society.Seven-year-old Emma Chandler came up with the idea for the three of them to do it, according to her mother, Meredith Chandler,..http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/familys-hairloom-of-love?fromrss=1 Inspired by Starbucks- June 16, 2008 Josh RitchieRapport Press and Karel NavarroGetty Images both for The Wall Street Journal Flamingo Road services in Lima, Peru, and Cooper City, Fla.http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/inspired-by-starbucks?fromrss=1 Publix to buy 49 Florida Albertsons stores- June 14, 2008 Publix Super Markets Inc. is buying 49 Florida stores from Albertsons LLC, including one in Jupiter and four in a new region for the Lakeland-based grocery chain: Escambia County.http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/publix-to-buy-49-florida-albertsons-store... Albertson's to Sell Florida Stores to Publix- June 12, 2008 June 11, 2008 Source: South Florida Business Journal Albertson's LLC says it will sell nearly half of its Florida stores to Publix Super Markets -- meaning a total of 49 stores will be changing hands in a ...http://www.topix.net/city/cooper-city-fl/2008/06/albertsons-to-sell-florida-stores-to-publ... |