Would-be robber stays for wine, hugs
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Police on Capitol Hill are baffled by an attempted robbery that began with a handgun put to the head of a 14-year-old girl and ended in a group hug.
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HOPE, Ark. - A Hempstead County prisoner returning from a dentist's appointment Monday morning used a stolen dental pick to commandeer a jail transport vehicle and escape.
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A would-be Canadian robber picked the wrong place at the wrong time this week, attempting to hit a liquor store -- right across the street from a police station in the midst of a shift change.
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An 85-year-old man is robbed then locked in his garage at his home in County Down, the police say.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A prisoner who escaped last June was recaptured this week and accused of robbery after surviving for months by hiding out in a vacant electronics store and eating stolen baby food, police said.
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Surrounded blagger mans the phones An armed blagger who was surrounded by cops in an Austrian bank filled an idle five hours before his arrest by offering phone customers loans, Ananova reports.â¦
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Croatian police said on Thursday they arrested a 25-year-old man in Zagreb whom they described as the most polite armed robber they have ever encountered.
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The hunt for red wines is being helped by Sam Neill.
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A glass of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay, according to a study of men with lung cancer. Research published in the medical journalThorax today suggests that a person drinking a glass
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MILWAUKEE - A thief found out the hard way that robbing a woman isn't the best way to capture her heart. Two men robbed a U-Haul store around 3 p.m. Sunday, taking an unspecified amount of cash, according the store's owner.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovaks were on the lookout for a foul-smelling bank robber Thursday after police said the thief had a nasty odor.    A gun-toting, masked man in his 20s, clad in a green sweat shirt, robbed a bank in the capital and took some $14,235 in various currencies, police said...
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In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.
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The restaurateur holds up well in a tough sector.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - A restaurant worker tied up by two robbers used his nose to dial 911 after the thieves left.  The victim had been at Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q by himself after hours early Wednesday.
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A homeowner from the Bulgarian skiing resort of Bansko was amazed to find that burglars, who had broken into her luxury apartment, left thousands of pounds worth of cash and valuables untouched and drank her ...
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By Frank, Maggie  Back in the day, a college student who skipped class but cared about what he had missed borrowed a classmate's notes. A few beers or bucks might change hands, and everybody was happy. Not so this fall when N.C.
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By Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 3--Three masked men with a gun robbed an employee of a Palo Alto restaurant early this morning, police said.   About 12:30 a.m.