Olympic medals 'stolen' as athletes party at nightclub

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Rower Alex Partridge was one of two of British Olympic medal winners who had their medals stolen on Wednesday.

By Peter Jeary, NBC News

Updated at 11:22 a.m. ET: LONDON -- Two British Olympians said Wednesday that?their medals were stolen?-- and they've turned to social media in an attempt to get them back.

British rower Alex Partridge and field hockey player Hannah Macleod said their 2012 Olympic bronze medals, along with Partridge?s "Team GB" blazer, disappeared early Wednesday at an upmarket London nightclub. They were among a group of athletes who went to the club?after attending a royal reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the British team's success at the 2012 Games.

Under the Twitter name @2012parters, Partridge, 31,?posted a CCTV image with the tweet: ?Does anyone recognize this man as he may be able to help me get my @London2012 bronze medal and @TeamGB blazer back.?

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Macleod, 28, tweeted:??My medal was also stolen at the same time. Totally devestated (sic).??

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With the name @hannahmacleod6, she also posted the CCTV image, adding, ?This man MIGHT be able to shed some light on the theft ... I'm not after punishment. If you picked up a Bronze Olympic medal that isn't yours pls just send anonymously back to GB hockey-Bisham Abbey.?

In an interview Wednesday night on BBC Radio 5 Live,?Partridge said he initially thought his possessions had been mistakenly taken by another team member. But after looking at a CCTV recording, he said that doesn't appear to be the case.

?Someone?s taken my Olympic blazer with my Olympic bronze medal in it and all I want is to get them both back," Partridge said.

"I'm not after punishment," British Olympic hockey player Hannah Macleod said on Twitter after her medal went missing at a London nightclub.

The full impact of the incident only hit him when he got home, he said.??I suddenly realized my daughter would never see this medal -- what I?d worked so hard for, for 12 years.?

Police?issued an appeal for information into the alleged theft and said the missing jacket, but neither of the medals, had been handed into police Thursday morning.

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"My team have spoken to both Olympians who are understandably desperate to be reunited with the medals they have dedicated their careers to win,"?Detective Chief Inspector James Harman said.?

A 29-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the investigation and was being held at a West London police station, police said.

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Dozens of British Olympic and Paralympic medalists had been invited to the palace Tuesday for an event attended by the queen, Prince Philip and the Duchess of Cambridge.

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The team?s formal uniform?included special inside pockets to hold their medals, according to ITV News.?

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Iron Man 3 Trailer: First glimpse of Chinese bad guy 'The Mandarin' played by Ben Kingsley

*Spoiler - the plot of that IronMan film shot in China in full*
After recieving reports of a major train crash in Zhejiang province China, Iron Man arrives in time to find a recently filled pit and assurances that everything is harmonious, by a gaggle of P.R.C. politicos.

Tony decides to hang around in China. Impressed by the art of tea and an ancient history of silk trading, he proceeds to open a joint venture with a local Mandarin in order to produce his new design of the arc reactor.

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ANALYSIS: The Softening Of The GOP Super PACs

After months of relentless attacks on President Obama, the Republican super PACs and independent groups are now going soft. Well, on TV ads at least.

ABC News Political Director Amy Walter notes that Crossroads GPS, the group associated with Karl Rove, released a powerful new ad yesterday featuring the parents of young cancer victim, whom Romney had befriended during his time in the hospital.

And the pro-Romney super PAC, Restore Our Future, went up with a TV spot that featured Iraq veteran Peter Damon talking about Romney visiting him at Walter Reed and the ex-Governor's work "with a charity to build special homes for severely injured veterans." Restore Our Future announced that they plan to spend $17.7 million in 10 states -- all the major battlegrounds plus Michigan -- between October 23 and 29. So, why the personal stuff now?

For the first time in the race, they say, they see an opportunity for Romney to really shrink the gender gap.

Stephen Law, the head of Crossroads, tells ABC, "We've seen a marked shift of women voters toward Romney in the last two weeks, and saw an opportunity to build and deepen that wave." Even so, our own ABC News tracking poll this week showed a 14-point lead for President Obama among women.

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Romney's strong debate performances have given swing suburban women voters a reason to take a second look at the Massachusetts governor. The question now is whether the second look will turn into an actual vote.

Meanwhile, the pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action, returned to a familiar theme for their closing-week's ad released yesterday: Romney's record at Bain Capital. It features testimonials from workers at Bain-owned businesses like Donnie Box who says, "This was a booming place. And Mitt Romney and Bain Capital turned it into a junkyard," and Loris Huffman, who adds: "I was suddenly 60 years old. I had no healthcare."

It's one last opportunity for the Democratic group, which has been instrumental painting a picture of Romney as a heartless, corporate raider, to underscore that message.

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Venice winner "Pieta" director a soft-spoken "monster"

YANGPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - The near-death of an actress in an accident while filming nearly ended director Kim Ki-duk's career four years ago, but after making "Pieta," which took best picture at this year's Venice film festival, he is now South Korea's most feted auteur.

The incident, in which an actress playing a character who hanged herself fainted with the rope around her neck and was cut down by Kim himself, shook Kim so badly it changed his views on mortality.

Hit with a subsequent wave of staff departures, he retreated from the world to live in a rough wooden shack he built himself about an hour outside of Seoul.

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The movie, which Kim said he made as a comment on capitalism in Korea, scooped the Golden Lion award at Venice, where one critic termed it "intense."

"I felt that people still overlook the essence and that they are overly judgmental about a certain scene or a person," he said when asked about the frequent negative comments about his movies or his personality.

The movie is shot in the Cheonggye district of central Seoul, once a maze of factories and sweat shops that has now been largely bulldozed. The newly shiny urban area in the film is a place where people are so poor they are prepared to barter their body parts for cash.

"Extreme capitalism is a global phenomenon... Pieta asks its first question about these issues and secondly, it raises the problem of how money dissolves family and human relations," Kim said of his 18th film, the first South Korean film to win a major international award.

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Kim was born in 1960 and his education went only as far as middle school. He then worked in the factories that helped power South Korea into an industrial nation before giving it all up to go to Paris to draw.

Back in Korea, the self-taught director debuted with his low-budget movie "Crocodile" in 1996. He has remained an outsider and a minority taste ever since, describing himself as a "monster who grew on his inferiority complex".

"(It) is an element that makes me train myself harder and grow bigger. The word 'monster' sounds as if it's something enormous, unidentifiable and predatory, but monster means monster. I don't think it's that bad," Kim said.

Korea's critics appear to be softening. They note that his films appear to have become more accessible and that something "Kiduk-esque" has faded from his movies.

"While he has sought aesthetic aspects before, now there are signs that he's trying to shift to moral aspects," said Lee Taek-Gwang, a cultural critic and a professor of English Literature at Kyunghee University.

Kim appears willing to accept the risk he may become more popular, but says it is not something he's actively seeking.

"Well, I think it's something I should reflect on if many think I've become popular or audience-friendly," Kim said when asked whether his work had become more approachable.

"Even though I'm not saying they are wrong, I feel I still have cruel scenes and something gruesome (in my films)."

(Reporting By Jane Chung, editing by Elaine Lies)

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The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday October 23, 2012

The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com

Compiled by ABC News' Carrie Halperin, Jayce Henderson and Amanda VanAllen

TAKEAWAYS ABC News' Abby Phillip: " Who Won? Political Analysts on the Final Debate" The final presidential debate on foreign policy appeared to be a win for President Obama, but a successful effort by Republican nominee Mitt Romney to return the conversation to the economy, ABC News political analysts said. "The president won tonight," said ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd. "Here's why: I think they both came in with different agendas, but the president was more successful." LINK

Politico's Maggie Haberman: " Presidential debate 2012: 7 takeaways" The curtain has fallen on the final debate of the 2012 cycle, yet one question remains unanswered - will it change anything? President Obama was on the attack, Mitt Romney modulated toward the center, and Bob Schieffer played it low-key in the moderator's seat in the Lynn University face-off in Boca Raton, Fla. LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Janet Hook: " Rivals Seek Points by Going Off-Topic" The sponsors promised a foreign-policy debate, but the candidates didn't stick to the script. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney ranged far from international affairs, wading deep into the economic issues that are voters' top concern. The path was dictated more by the candidates' political needs than the agenda of debate organizers. LINK

REVERSING ROLES ABC News' Russell Goldman: " Whoppers, Bayonets and Zingers in Final Presidential Debate" President Obama was on the offensive during the third and final presidential debate tonight, hitting Mitt Romney for shifting on foreign policy positions and pointedly telling Romney, "Every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong." Romney agreed with Obama during much of the debate that concentrated on foreign policy, but had sharp words for the president on the Middle East saying the president "wasted these four years" by failing to stop Iran's nuclear program and allowing the Middle East to descend into "tumult." LINK

The Boston Globe's Glen Johnson: " Obama gives his strongest debate performance" President Obama dissected Mitt Romney's foreign policy views on Monday, suggesting the former businessman lacked the familiarity, consistency, and forward-looking approach to be an effective president. It was perhaps the boldest statement of a night that saw Obama turn in his strongest debate performance against Romney. If there was one downside, it was on the topic - foreign affairs - that polls have consistently shown ranks well behind job creation and economic recovery as most important on voters' minds. LINK

The Hill's Justin Sink and Amie Parnes: " Obama hits Romney hard in debate" President Obama and Mitt Romney took each other on in the final presidential debate of the 2012 campaign Monday night, fighting to prove their credentials as the right leader for America on the world stage. Obama battled aggressively, repeatedly throwing darts at Romney and seeking to portray his opponent as "wrong and reckless" on foreign policy. LINK

The Los Angeles Times' David Lauter and Christi Parsons: " Obama reverses roles, comes out swinging at Romney in final debate" President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney made their closing appeals to voters in a final debate that featured an unusual reversal of strategy - Obama adopted the typical challenger's stance of underscoring differences, while Romney repeatedly sought to mute them. LINK

The New York Daily News' " Presidential debate: Determined Obama goes on attack, painting Mitt Romney as reckless and inconsistent in world affairs" President Obama lacerated Mitt Romney Monday during their third and final debate Monday, repeatedly painting his Republican rival as wrong, reckless and inconsistent in world affairs. Romney accused Obama of being ineffective on the global stage - but in a surprise, he soft-pedaled several of his differences with Obama and even agreed with the President on a host of policies. LINK

The Washington Post's Dan Balz and David Nakamura: " Obama keeps Romney on his heels in last debate" President Obama and Mitt Romney clashed repeatedly over foreign policy here Monday night, with the president arguing assertively that Romney has lacked the consistency or clarity of vision to lead the country while the Republican nominee charged that Obama has been weak and ineffective in the face of growing turmoil in the world. The two candidates differed most sharply over the president's handling of the uprisings in the Middle East, his efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and his treatment of Israel. LINK

FOREIGN POLICY The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: " Obama, Romney tangle on al Qaeda, foreign policy in final presidential debate" Mitt Romney accused President Obama of failing to protect the military from budget cuts and squandering U.S. leadership in the Middle East, leaving America standing by as al Qaeda has surged to become active in a dozen countries, as the two men faced off Monday night in their final debate. LINK

The New York Times' Peter Baker and Helene Cooper: " Obama and Romney Bristle From Start Over Foreign Policy" President Obama and Mitt Romney wrapped up a series of defining debates on Monday night with a bristling exchange over America's place in the world as each sought to portray the other as an unreliable commander in chief in a dangerous era. Picking up where he left off in last week's debate, Mr. Obama went on offense from the start, lacerating his challenger for articulating a set of "wrong and reckless" policies that he called incoherent. LINK

Bloomberg's Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan: " Obama Cites Foreign Policy Wins as Romney Mostly Agrees" President Barack Obama kept Mitt Romney on the defensive on foreign policy in their final debate before the election, as his Republican rival worked to criticize the incumbent's leadership while endorsing most major actions he has taken. The president sought to portray the former Massachusetts governor as ill-prepared to assume the mantle of commander in chief, branding his statements on international challenges as "all over the map" and his positions "wrong and reckless." LINK

GOP USA Today's Susan Davis: " GOP has firm grasp on House, but Dems Won't fold" Control of the White House and the U.S. Senate is up for grabs on Election Day, but as certain as anything is in politics, it's safe to bet that Republicans will continue to control the U.S. House in the next Congress - and maybe well beyond. Republicans control the House, and although Democrats have many good prospects to chip away at their majority, the nation's top election forecasters are decisively pessimistic about Democrats' chances of gaining the 25 seats they need to take control of the chamber. LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEO: " The Foreign-Policy Debate That Sort of Wasn't" LINK " Final Presidential Debate 2012 Analysis: Fact Checking the Debate" LINK

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