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Edgar Degas masterpiece stolen more than three decades ago going home to France, U.S. attorney says

A painting by Edgar Degas stolen more than three decades ago from a museum in Normandy is finally going home to France, Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said Thursday.

The masterpiece came to the attention of law enforcement officials last month when it surfaced in Sotheby's catalog of Impressionist & Modern Day Art and was immediately pulled from the auction block....
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