News for Jul. 27, 2000

'Rings' thefts: How the case was cracked.

7/27/00, 4:06 pm EST - Tehanu

They better include this in the 'The Making Of....' movie, because it's got all the ingredients of a thriller. We SERIOUSLY underestimated the gravity of these thefts. 90 minutes of footage? $180,000? That's US$90,000, still a huge figure. Wellington's Evening Post scooped the story and you can link to it in "stuff"