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The break-in lasted just minutes.
At 3 a.m. on Monday, a thief -- or thieves -- forced open the glass doors of the Singer Laren museum in the Netherlands and headed straight for its prize exhibit: a Van Gogh oil painting. By the time police arrived, the burglars were gone, along with the artwork.