Austrian authorities thwart kidnap plot (AP)

By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 26, 3:05 PM ET VIENNA, Austria - Elite police commandos were providing round-the-clock protection for Austria's most famous couple — crystal heiress Fiona Swarovski and her husband, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser — after authorities thwarted a kidnap-for-ransom plot, officials said Thursday. Swarovski, 41, was in a secure location somewhere in the alpine province of Tyrol, said Gerald Hesztera, a spokesman for the Federal Criminal ...