FORT SMITH, Ark., May 28 (UPI) -- Police in Arkansas said a store clerk convinced a would-be robber to give up his crime and gave him $40 from his own pocket to buy insulin.
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., March 25 (UPI) -- A Tennessee man arrested buying beer at a convenience store was old enough to purchase alcohol -- he was just missing his clothes.
STOCKTON, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in San Joaquin County, Calif., say they are searching for a man who allegedly struck a store clerk with a frozen burrito and stole a bag of chips.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Two Iowa robbers made off with beer and a convenience store clerk's cell phone after she refused to sell them alcohol after hours.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest discounter, said Tuesday its first store in Chicago has provided jobs for 400 area residents.
GARY, Ind., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A robber used a BB gun to try to rob an Indiana convenience store, but was defeated by bulletproof glass and a locked door.
CRANBERRY, Pa., March 10 (UPI) -- A clerk at a convenience store in western Pennsylvania scared off a would-be robber wearing a Pluto mask by refusing to take him seriously.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A Chapel Hill, N.C., convenience store clerk was attacked with a sausage after telling a woman she could not use the store's outdoor vacuum cleaner.
SENDAI, Japan, March 8 (UPI) -- A convenience store worker in Sendai, Japan, handed over some $27,000 to a thief who masqueraded as the franchise's general manager.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A former construction worker was executed Wednesday for the murder of a jewelry store clerk during a 1983 Corpus Christi robbery. Jermarr Carlos Arnold received
