Category Archives: Theft

At $50,000 a pound, rhino horns being stolen from museums

By doris | Published: December 10, 2011

Full Story at WorldNews.msnbc.msn.com LONDON — The demand for rhino horn in Asia, where some see its ground-up powder as an aphrodisiac and even cancer-curing medicine, has driven prices to nearly $50,000 a pound — and with it a new type of crime: thieves breaking into museums and auction houses to tear the horns off [...]

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More than 100 arrested in massive NYC theft ring

By doris | Published: October 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Bank tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York lifted credit card data from foreign tourists and residents as part of an identity theft ring that stretched to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimized thousands, authorities said Friday. In total, 111 people were arrested [...]

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How safe is your hotel room safe?

By doris | Published: September 12, 2011

Full Story at OverheadBin.msnbc.msn.com I don’t know about you, but the first thing I do when I check into a hotel is conduct an obligatory spot-check for bedbugs, unpack my belongings and place my passport, extra money and other items of value in the hotel safe, which, by name alone should be the best place [...]

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Man robs bank to get medical care in jail

By doris | Published: June 21, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com Some people who need medical care but can’t afford it go to the emergency room. Others just hope they’ll get better. James Richard Verone robbed a bank. Earlier this month, Verone (pictured), a 59-year-old convenience store clerk, walked into a Gaston, N.C., bank and handed the cashier a note demanding $1 [...]

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House budget chairman to propose Medicare, Medicaid changes

By doris | Published: April 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.comLeave it alone, the seniors need this program. PUT BACK THE MONEY YOU TOOK OUT OF SSI AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE MONEY NOW FOR THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO TAKE FROM THIS AND NEVER RETURN IT. CUT IT OUT. Washington (CNN) — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan said Sunday [...]

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Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class

By doris | Published: December 13, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – It’s a Saturday morning and a half-dozen adults are sitting in a high school classroom, staring at grim photos of sickly drug addicts and hearing about the deadly consequences of gang crime. They’d rather not be here, but a judge made them come. The moms and dads were ordered [...]

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WikiLeaks cut off from Amazon servers

By doris | Published: December 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Amazon, whose servers have been home to WikiLeaks since earlier this week, has quit hosting it, the website behind a massive disclosure of controversial documents said Wednesday. WikiLeaks confirmed the move on its Twitter feed Wednesday afternoon. “WikiLeaks servers at Amazon ousted,” read a post from shortly before 3 [...]

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Florida woman behind bars, accused of attempting to sell grandson

By doris | Published: November 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Florida grandmother and her boyfriend were in jail Monday after trying to sell the woman’s 8-week-old grandson for $30,000, police said. Patty Bigbee, 45, and her boyfriend, Lawrence Works, 42, were arrested and charged last week. Bigbee is accused of having approached a potential buyer in late October, [...]

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Ariz. prison escapees believed to be in Yellowstone area

By doris | Published: August 9, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The search for two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and their accomplice has turned to the vast Yellowstone National Park area after one of the inmates was linked to a double homicide in New Mexico. The U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday information developed within the past two days [...]

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Salvation Army major shot dead in Arkansas on Christmas Eve

By doris | Published: December 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Salvation Army major was shot dead in front of his three children on Christmas Eve in North Little Rock, Arkansas, authorities said. Maj. Philip Wise, 40, was gunned down Thursday. He was found lying by the back entrance of a Salvation Army facility, said police spokesman Sgt. Terry [...]

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Cyber crime poses threat to e-commerce

By doris | Published: December 14, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The past 12 months have been a banner year for cyber crime. And that could be bad news for the future of e-commerce. “At current trends, in three or four years people will start to think twice about transacting on the Web, individuals and businesses,” said Michael Fraser, director [...]

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$40M fuel theft from Army prompts global manhunt

By doris | Published: April 17, 2009

Full Story At ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former Army contractor convicted of stealing $40 million worth of fuel from a military base in Iraq is helping authorities in a global search for other suspects in the case, according to court records. One suspect has already been arrested in the Philippines and now awaits indictment from [...]

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