Police later recovered the art when the thieves tried to sell it. _February 2006: Around 300 museum-grade artifacts worth an estimated US$142 million (115 million), including paintings, clocks and silver, were stolen from a 17th-century manor house at Ramsbury in southern England, the largest property theft in British history, according to reports. _February 2006: Four works of art and other objects, including paintings by Matisse, Picasso, Monet and Salvador Dali, were stolen from the Museu Chacara do Ceu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by four armed men during a Carnival parade. Local media estimated the paintings' worth at around US$50 million (34.4 million). _August 2004: Two paintings by Edvard Munch, The Scream and Madonna, insured for US$141 million (97 million), were stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway by three men in a daylight raid.

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But on Thursday, Anderson may have picked up some bipartisan support. Before the governor spoke, state Sen. Regina Thomas of Savannah, a Democrat, told the crowd to expect "the status quo" after the dust has settled.

The cable network had predicted the alliance, after several political blogs, included one by the Washington Post, had quoted U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a McCain ally, as saying he was in the midst of lobbying both Isakson and Chambliss.