European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 11 Chris ties Andy Warhol Green car crash Green burning car sold for million wednesday at Chris ties in new Warhol painting Sells for the associated press new York an Andy War hol painting sold for More than More than quadrupling the previous top auction Price for the pop artists an auction House the wednesday auction of Post War and contemporary Art took in a total of nearly Mak ing it the second most lucrative Art auction Ever according to the auction was to continue Warhol painting Green car crash Green burning car went for million to an Anonymous the previous auction record for a Warhol work was set when Mao sold at Chris ties in novem the auction House Green car painted in is part of a series of Warhol works that Drew on photographs of fatal silk screened Over a Green Back the painting uses a news photograph of a grisly crash in be it had been in a private col Lection for the auction House several other works sold wednesday also set records for their Chris ties they included a Jasper Johns figure that sold for Mil lion an Ashile Gorky that went for about million and a Cindy Sher Man untitled bought for about the buyers were not Ridenti auction was the latest to smash records in a soaring Art on the record Price for postwar Art was broken at a so Thebes auction in new where a Mark Rothko paint ing titled White Center Pink and Lavender on sold for million to an Anonymous so Thebes Caber shooters denied gamers upset by Halo 3 Beta download problems by Kim Peterson the Seattle times Seattle that collective Wail emanating across the web on wednesday was the sound of video gamers Microsoft had promised to debut a or version wednesday of multiplayer ele ments of the highly anticipated Halo 3 for Box 360 users to try the game would be open to play ers who had bought specially marked versions of another Box 360 but when 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of Microsoft we know we have a lot of fans that have been waiting for the Beta for and even took time off of work to Start Early the company said in a we really appreciate their enthuse and we Hope the Small delay wont Damper everyone enjoy ment of the the final version of Halo 3 is due a Humpback whale surfaces wednesday near a boat from the West Sacramento police department in the port of Rich Pedroncelli a biologists try to lure whales to sea by Samantha Young the associated press biologists were counting on an underwater recording of Humpback whale songs thursday to lure two injured whales Back Down the Sacramento River and toward the the biologists Hope the Salty water and ample food of the Pacific will Speed the recovery of the two believed to be a Mother and both were wounded during their 90mile Inland de to get the wayward whales headed in the right re searchers with the Mausali to based Marine mammal Center planned to play recorded Hump Back sounds from a boat thurs Day As the 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