But climate change skeptics have seized on the recent theft of thousands of private e-mail messages from computer servers at a British climate research center to cast doubt on whether global warming is as serious as it has been made out to be.

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This is prime time for mail theft.

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McLain, a 30-game winner as a Detroit Tigers pitcher who later was convicted of money laundering, theft and mail fraud.

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Based on the e-mail, Mr. Alioto claimed a theft loss deduction for 2005, which carried over to 2006 and 2007.

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