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Thieves broke into an Argentine museum and stole paintings by Goya, El Greco and others worth more than $10 million, the semi-official news agency Telam reported Wednesday. The stolen works: a war scene and “Doves” by Goya, a landscape and “Portrait of a Gentleman” by Veronese, a portrait of Spain’s King Phillip II by Tiziano, and El Greco’s “The Evangelist,” which museum authorities valued at about $4.5 million.

The first of a series of official paintings for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, was unveiled Wednesday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by Arthur Kuman of the United States Olympic Committee and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata, who was commissioned last year by the USOC for the work, said the hockey painting--26 by 36 inches and employing more than 300 acrylic colors--was inspired by his love for the game.