Cross stolen from Mohave Desert within weeks of Supreme Court ruling. Justices had ruled war memorial could remain on federal land.






 
A 2002 photo of the seven-foot cross, which had been bolted to a rock in the Mohave Desert since the late 1990s to try to halt vandalism. (Carlos Puma/Associated Press) 






 
 
 
 
 







 
By Associated Press
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
 


LOS ANGELES -- Thieves have stolen a cross in the Mojave Desert that was built to honor Americans who died in war, less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the religious symbol to remain on federal land.
 

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One 'had-in-front' plus one 'had been' instead of 'was'. The AP is particularly prone to making 'had' errors.
 

 


      

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