RIVERHEAD, N.Y., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., said a would-be bank robber fled the establishment after a teller asked if her threats were serious.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 (UPI) -- A Portland, Ore., WWII veteran helped chase off a gun-carrying robber with his cane, say police -- who nevertheless don't encourage the tactic.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 9 (UPI) -- A woman caught a burglar in her Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home and then detained him after hitting him in the head with an ice scraper, police said.
MARBURG, Germany, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The blind guy a young German mugger picked for his victim turned out not to be easy pickings after all.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A 38-year-old Florida man fought off an attempted armed robbery by pistol whipping his assailant with the robber's own gun.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Tongue scrapers are useful for reducing the effects of halitosis, but the positive results are temporary, says a new report.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn., May 10 (UPI) -- The owner of a Tennessee store foiled a robber by chasing him with a pair of scissors and holding him until police arrived.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A New Zealand bank robber, after holding up a bank once, called the same bank and demanded that the manager meet him outside with money.
SACRAMENTO, April 18 (UPI) -- A robber in Sacramento, Calif., has a distinctive trait, a string of fumbling near-disasters that so far have not led him in to the hands of police.
LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec. 19 (UPI) --
