Shoplifting Seen as Fastest Growing Crime Ahead of Christmas
FBI data show shoplifting up 93 percent in five years with 184473 cases last year and goods worth close to five million dollars. Most offenders are women, with professionals targeting suburban stores and amateurs including housewives and juveniles driven by need or thrill.
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Athens Sees Dry September Record No Rain
The Greek Meteorological Service reports September brought no rainfall across the Athens area, marking an unprecedented dry month with all locations recording zero precipitation.
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Athens
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Fragment on budgets and family involvement in theft
A clipped passage notes budgets often cover clothing and food, while some parents recruit their children as accomplices and criticize them harshly for dishonesty if exposed.
Father and son die after reunion in Bergamo
Nicola Comelli aged 88 and his son Pietro aged 55 met for the first time in two decades in Bergamo Italy. Moments after their reunion Pietro suffered a heart attack and died and Nicola died a few hours later of a heart attack.
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Nicola Comelli
Pietro
Sardinia
Hartford Robbery Involves Attractive Woman and $50 Theft
Alex Selleck, owner of a downtown shop, says a young woman pointed a pistol at him and forced him into the storeroom before fleeing with $50 from the cash register Tuesday night.
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Hartford, Conn
Alex Selleck
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