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Britney Spears shows off a new yellow bikini and beaded jewelry as she enjoys a tropical getaway

Britney Spears proudly showed off her summer ready body in a new swimsuit which she paired with beaded jewelry in an Instagram video uploaded on Thursday.

The Baby One More Time hitmaker, 41 — who recently revealed she ‘had a lot of therapy’ to pen her anticipated memoir — filmed the latest clip from inside a spacious hotel room during a tropical getaway with husband, Sam Asghari.

The songstress kicked off the reel by striking a pose in a yellow bikini top along with matching bottoms that she ‘just got in the lobby’ and then told her fans that they

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Sledgehammers used in brazen lunchtime heist at Birkdale Village jewelry store

Police are searching for three masked robbers who used sledgehammers in a brazen lunchtime heist at a Tuesday’s Birkdale Village jewelry store.

Officers arrived in minutes after employees at Fink’s Jewelers on Birkdale Commons Parkway called them, but the robbers fled, possibly in two vehicles, Huntersville Police Major Brian Vaughan said in a news release.

The men entered the store at about noon wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, and at least two of them held what appeared to be handguns, police said.

One of three masked robbers displays what appears to be a handgun during a noontime heist at a Fink’s Jewelers in the Birkdale Village mixed-use community, off Interstate 77 exit 25 in Huntersville at Lake Norman Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

One of three masked robbers displays what appears to be a handgun during a noontime heist at

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York police look for owners of $500K in recovered stolen jewelry

York Regional Police are looking for the owners of more than $500,000 in stolen jewelry following an investigation into alleged distraction thefts targeting older adults.

In a June press release, police said two 26-year-olds from Toronto were each facing two counts of robbery, plus charges for theft under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 in relation to the stolen items.

The police said that the suspects, operating an SUV, would approach and start speaking with older adults.

During their interactions, the suspects would allegedly replace the victims’ real jewelry with costume jewelry and in some cases

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A Vivid Pink Diamond and a Giant Ruby Both Sold for a Record $35 Million at Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s and Christie’s sold a combined $158,152,390 worth of jewels this week in New York, in sales that were dominated by spectacular named diamonds (flawless, colored, or huge), along with eye-popping specimens of ruby ​​and sapphire, one of them setting the record for the most valuable gemstones sold at auction. Sotheby’s clocked its highest total for a jewelry auction in New York, at $95.9 million, setting several gemstone price records, and Christie’s hammered at $62,252,390 in its Magnificent Jewels sale, which included the 127-carat Peace Diamond, selling for $13,635,000.

Sotheby’s $95.9-million Magnificent Jewels sale in New York on June 8

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$196 million jewelry auction in Geneva: Here’s why the gala event is ‘doubly indecent’

Despite vigorous criticism about the Nazi-era origins of Heidi Horten’s wealth, an auction of the late Austrian billionaire’s jewelry became the most expensive public sale in history.

Spread over the course of two live auctions in Geneva on May 10 and 12 (a third online auction ended on May 15), a treasure trove of necklaces, bracelets, earrings and tiaras carried a presale estimate of $150 million. The first one totaled 138.3 million Swiss francs ($154 million), already setting a world record for a single-owner jewelry sale. The second, which contained a few big-ticket lots, brought in 37.8 million francs, pushing

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Jose Altuve home burglary: Houston police arrest four for stealing $1M worth of jewelry from the Astros star

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Three men are currently in custody after breaking into the home of Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve and stealing about $1 million worth of jewelry on Opening Day, Houston police announced Friday.

Patrick Maxey, Jordan Tarniella and William Jones Jr. were charged with burglary of a habitation. All of them are at least 25 years old. A fourth suspect, 20-year-old Jasmyn Hall, was charged with hindering apprehension and evading arrest while she allegedly tried to help Jones flee from officers on April 13.

According to court documents obtained by KHOU 11, the burglars showed up at

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