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I Got Robbed at Gunpoint... If My Memory Serves Correctly

Ben Thomas | Posted 10.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Eyewitness Errors, Cognitive Neuroscience, Memory, Criminal Justice, Brain Science, Eyewitness Misidentification, Armed Robbery, Memory Science, Eyewitnesses, Science News
Ben Thomas

I remembered the thief's face vividly for a day or so, but as the days passed, I found that I remembered fewer images and more facts. Try as I might, I couldn't picture the guy's face. In other words, semantic memories were out-competing episodic ones.

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Why Robbing A Bank Won't Make You Rich

The Fiscal Times | Yuval Rosenberg | Posted 06.13.2012 | Home
Read More: Bank Robbery, Making Money, Making Money Tips, Profitability, Armed Robbery, Robbing a Bank, Profitability of Robbing a Bank, Home News

The Fiscal Times: Crime actually does pay – just not enough to make it worthwhile. Freakonomics authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner...

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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Violent Robbery At Dunkin' Donuts

The Huffington Post | Kyle McGovern | Posted 06.28.2012 | Crime
Read More: Boynton Beach Dunkin' Donuts, Dunkin' Donuts Robbery, Mug Shots, Boynton Beach Dunkin Donuts, Caught on Tape, Ashley Silmone, Boynton-Beach-Police-Department, Robbery, Franke Pierre-Louis, Armed Robbery, Dunkin' Donuts Armed Robbery, Video, Dunkin Donuts Robbers Arrested, Abdias Jean-Baptise, Dunkin' Donuts Robbers Arrested, Florida, Actrice Alerte, Boynton Beach, Dunkin Donuts Robbery, Dunkin Donuts Armed Robbery, Crime News

Like a lot of people at Dunkin' Donuts, they were in a rush. Two men rushed into a Dunkin' Donuts location in Boynton Beach, Fla., with guns in ha...

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Alabama Campus Lockdown Lifted Hours After Armed Robbery

AP | Posted 06.29.2012 | College
Read More: University of South Alabama Armed Robbery, University of South Alabama Robbery, Alabama, Video, University of South Alabama Lockdown, University of South Alabama, Robbery, Armed Robbery, College News

MOBILE, Ala. -- The University of South Alabama on Sunday night lifted a campus lockdown that it had imposed following an armed robbery at a college d...

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David Lohr

Teen Attempts To Rob Sex Shop After Attempted Robbery: Cops

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 03.09.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Cheryl Hunter, Video, Cupid's Corner, Dumb Crime, Debary, Weird News, Sex Shop, Mug Shots, Caught on Tape, Cody Conner, Slidepollajax, Weird Florida, Armed Robbery, Weird News News

Cody Conner demanded the money from the cash register at a Florida adult novelty shop, but ended up receiving a job application and an earful of advic...

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David Lohr

ROBBERY FAIL: Florida Man Allegedly Drops Gun During Robbery, Tries To Buy It Back

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.27.2012 | Crime
Read More: Cedrick Mitchell, Video, Dumb Crime, Weird News, Crime News, Crime, Mug Shots, Bradenton, Weird Florida, Armed Robbery, Crime News

Police in Florida recently arrested a man who allegedly dropped his gun during an attempted robbery and then returned to buy it back from the men he t...

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Judge Throws 'All-Time Stupidest' Criminal In Jail

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 02.17.2012 | World
Read More: Dublin, Video, Ian Jordan, Gary Byrne, Ireland Crime, Crime, Aidan Murphy, Stupidest Criminal, Criminals, Ireland, Gary Byrne Armed Robbery, Armed Robbery, World News

An armed robber who a judge branded "amongst the all-time stupidest criminals” has been jailed for his part in a robbery in which the thieves had to...

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Sex Shop Robberies Hit Adult Stores Across The Country

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.07.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Video, Mega Masturbator, Dumb Crime, Sex-Shop-Robbery, Caught on Tape, Weird Sex, Sex Toys, Sex Shop Robbery Roundup, Armed Robbery, Romantix, Weird News News

A rash of sex-shop robberies across the country have left law enforcement officials hot and bothered -- and not in a good way. Iowa City police rel...

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'Obama' Robs McDonald's At Gunpoint

Posted 01.31.2012 | Miami
Read More: Obama Mask, Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Armed Robbery, Mcdonalds, Miami News

An armed robber in Palm Beach may be in cahoots with the GOP party -- both are trying to vilify the president. A gunman wearing a President Barack...

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WATCH: Armed Man Robs A Hialeah Cell Phone Store

Posted 01.24.2012 | Miami
Read More: Video, Miami Crime, Miami-Dade Police, Armed Robbery, Miami News, Miami News

Miami-Dade Police are searching for a man who held up a Hialeah cell phone store on January 9 at 7 a.m. According to the above surveillance video,...

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Parolee Tried To Rob Off-Duty Corrections Officer

Posted 12.07.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Parole, Darnell Crume, Summer Violence, Parolee Robs Officer, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Cook County Sheriff's Correctional Officer, Chicago Crime, Chicago Summer Violence, Parole Attempted Robbery, Armed Robbery, Chicago News

A Chicago man on parole in a murder conspiracy case has been accused of trying to rob four people, one of whom was an off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s...

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Cops: Man Used Inhaler To Steal Beer, Then Broke Police Windshield With His Head

Posted 11.26.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Video, South Carolina Crime, Inhaler, South Carolina, Clover South Carolina, Dumb Criminals, Weird South Carolina, Damage to Property, Clover, Armed Robbery, Ashton Graham, Weird News News

South Carolina officials say a man used an inhaler to steal two cases of beer before slamming his head through a police cruiser windshield. Witness...

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Police: Siblings Charged In String Of Robberies, Woman Brought Kids Along

Posted 11.19.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago Jewelry Robbery, Chicago Crime, Steven Madera, Chicago Police Department, Lemont Siblings Charged, Armed Robbery, Jaclyn Madera, Video, Chicago News

Two siblings from suburban Lemont were ordered held on $2 million bail Sunday after allegedly stealing jewelry from immigrant women in Chicago--and ta...

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Why Eyewitness Memory Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be (Part II)

Sam Sommers | Posted 10.31.2011 | Crime
Read More: Trial, Court Case, Eyewitness Identification, Criminal Trial, Legal System, New York Times, Memory, Police Lineup, Armed Robbery, Expert Witness, Crime News
Sam Sommers

The legal complications of the constructive nature of memory are clear: being an accurate eyewitness is far more difficult that we give it credit for.

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Man Robs Friends, Is Immediately Identified

Posted 10.15.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Video, Friends, Man Robs Friends, Man Robs Friends at Gunpoint, Cook County Sheriff, Robbery, Victor Holmes, Weird Crime, Chicago Weird Crime, Armed Robbery, Gunpoint, Chicago News

The two victims of an armed robbery this weekend welcomed their assailant into the parked car where they sat chatting in Ford Heights, and the three c...

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Yes, It Is That Hot Outside -- Cops Hunt For Kiddie Pool Thief

Posted 09.20.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Texas, Walmart, Kiddie Pools, Kiddie Pool, Swimming Pool, Dumb Crime, Heat Wave, San Antonio Crime, Bust a Cap, San Antonio, Robbery, Dumb Criminals, Walmart Robbery, Weird Texas, Armed Robbery, Weird News News

Apparently, it is that hot outside. Police in San Antonio, Texas, are trying to track down a gunman who threatened to "bust a cap" in two Walmart e...

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WATCH: Tiny Chihuahua Scares Off Armed Robbers

Posted 09.17.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Guard Dogs, Chihuahua, Altadena Crime, Los Angeles Crime, Armed Robbery, Altadena Smoke Shop, Paco the Chihuahua, Video, Los Angeles News

A tiny chihuahua became a crime-fighting hero on July 7 when he chased off two armed robbers from a Southern California cigar store. The Los Angel...

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Mexico's Youth Turn To Kidnapping

Posted 08.02.2011 | World
Read More: Mexico Drug Cartel, Mexico Drug War, Crime@Depressing, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Mexico Teenagers Kidnapping, Mexico Teenagers, Armed Robbery, World News

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - School dropout Toby was just 15 when he and his friends started kidnapping businessmen, truck drivers and lawyer...

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Bank Robberies Most Likely To Happen On Fridays, FBI Says

Reuters | ELLEN WULFHORST | Posted 06.06.2011 | Business
Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Burglaries, Bank Robberies, Crime, Commercial Banks, Western States, Southern States, Fbi, Armed Robbery, Credit Unions, Bank Counters, Business News

NEW YORK - Bank robberies in the United States take place most often in mid-morning, on Fridays and in southern and western states, according to gov...

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What It's Like To Spend 12 Years In A California Women's Prison

Luke Whyte | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Voices of Justice, Valley State Prison for Women, California, Women's Prisons, Prison, Armed Robbery, Prison Reform, Women's Rights, Prisoners, Prisoner Rights, Correctional Facility, Impact News
Luke Whyte

Punishment is an important part of the process, like the tilling of a soil where only the inmate themselves can plant new seeds. But, if they're to grow, it takes a network of support that barely exists.

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Scott Sisters Freed! Gov. Barbour Wants a Kidney for their Freedom

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wrongful Conviction, Theft, Pardons, Politics News, Gov. Haley Barbour, Racism, Gladys and Jamie Scott, Armed Robbery, Scott Sisters, The Supreme Court, Injustice, Crime, Mississippi, Clemency, Political News, Politics News
Anthony Papa

I wish the Scott Sisters the best in their regaining their freedom and hope they lead fruitful lives. And I pray that Governor Barbour does not use the freedom for organs tradeoff anymore in the future to save the state of Mississippi tax dollars.

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Customer Interrupts Robbery At Tanning Salon, Kills Suspect

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Orland Park, Honeybee Killer, l.A. Tan Shooting, Honeybee Murders, Armed Robbery, Jason Mcdaniel, Chicago News

Investigators are looking at a robbery suspect killed in Orland Park to determine if he may have been the gunman who in October killed one man and wou...

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Caught On Tape: Dramatic Armed Robbery at Cell Phone Store (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Video, Robbery, Chicago Robbery, Armed Robbery, Chicago, Chicago News

A gun-wielding robber was caught on tape while attempting to hold up a cell phone store in Chicago. Video surveillance shows the store's manager grabb...

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WATCH: Amazing CCTV Footage Of Spectacular Helicopter Heist In Sweden

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Cash Depot Heist, Cash Depot Robbery, CCTV Footage, Commando Raid, Stockholm, Sweden, Armed Robbery, Video, World News

Dramatic security footage of a 2009 commando-style raid on a Stockholm cash depot has been released online just as 10 suspects are charged for the cri...

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World Cup Reporters Robbed At Gunpoint

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: World Cup Journalists, South Africa, Robbery, Football @Y:World, World Cup, World Cup Reporters, Armed Robbery, World News

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa — A Portuguese photographer was held up at gunpoint early Wednesday and two other journalists also were robbed at the...

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