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Man Shoots Change Machine, Goes on the Run

A man who was caught on camera shooting a change machine is now being hunted by police - despite the machine refusing to cough up a single cent. In a word, fail. The armed robbery took place in ... continue

Shoplifters to Steal $1.8 Billion This Holiday Season

Stores around the country have seen increased sales due to the holiday season, but they've also seen a rise in shoplifting. A new report estimates that $1.84 billion in merchandise will be stolen during the holidays. The Global ... continue

Couple Loses Custody of Daughter for Stealing Sandwiches

A couple were thrown to jail in Honolulu for allegedly stealing two sandwiches at a supermarket. Because they're both in jail, they also lost custody of their 3-year-old daughter for about 18 hours. Husband and wife Marcin and ... continue

Thieves Steal Entire Bridge

In what must rank as one of the more audacious robberies of recent times, state police in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania have revealed thieves stole a 50-foot steel bridge. Yes, all of it. In a report filed Wednesday, ... continue

World War II-Era Flag Stolen From Home [Video]

Vancouver housewife Marguerite Houghton decided she would honor the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by hanging a huge American flag on her house. This flag was a little different from others lining her neighborhood, however: ... continue

Newspaper Thefts Blamed On TLC’s ‘Extreme Couponing’ Reality TV Series

Extreme couponing has become a buzz term ever since TLC's Extreme Couponing debuted in April 2011 but it hasn't come without it's consequences, for example some stores have had to revise their coupon policies, while some locations have ... continue

[VIDEO] Man steals Nintendo 3DS from Chinese production line

A Nintendo 3DS has been stolen from a Chinese factory, more than eight weeks before the device goes on sale in Japan. The anonymous thief has since taken photos and shot footage of the console, spreading evidence ... continue

‘Cooks Source’ editor says internet meanies killed the magazine

The self-aggrandizing editor of small-town food magazine Cooks Source has replaced the full page apology on the magazine's website with a passive-aggressive dig at writer Monica Gaudio and a suggestion that Gaudio is at fault for the ... continue

Cooks Source finally issues half-hearted apology to blogger they ripped off

Much maligned regional food mag Cooks Source has finally apologized to the blogger whose article "A Tale of Two Tarts" was ripped off for their print edition. The furor began when writer Monica Gaudio posted an email exchange ... continue

Aftermath: Cooks Source debacle emerges as cautionary tale about provoking the internet

If you were awake on the internet yesterday, there's no way you missed the compelling narrative of Monica Gaudio's stolen "Tale of Two Tarts." Gaudio, a self professed "medieval food nerd," posted the story of how a for-profit, ... continue

Print editor tells web writer her work is “public domain,” suggests victim should pay for editing of stolen piece

There are full-time bloggers, and there are people who just write for the sheer love of sharing their knowledge, perspective or creativity on the internet. One of the pitfalls of publishing your work on the web (paid or ... continue

Eve Online player thieves $45,000 worth of in-game cash

The line between reality and the virtual world took another whack in the face today, with news that a player of popular MMO Eve Online has stolen in-game currency equal to $45,000. The scam was pulled off ... continue

Alleged toothpaste shoplifter dies after being forcefully restrained outside Chicago CVS

A man accused of shoplifting tubes of toothpaste from a Chicago CVS has died of strangulation related injuries after an employee forcefully restrained him outside the store. 36-year-old Anthony Kyser was taken to nearby Mt. Sinai Hospital, reportedly ... continue

Microsoft responds to Plurk code theft

Earlier today the pitchforks and burning embers came out in full force on the allegations that Microsoft China had blatantly ripped off code and design from Canadian based social network Plurk. Duncan wrote about the whole mess earlier here at ... continue

New Zealand author thinks libraries are a form of theft

In a post back on September 23 New Zealand author Brian Edwards puts forth the proposition that our public libraries are just a form of theft and that people who lend their friends books ... continue

Fake ATM at Defcon … not the brightest idea

I realize there are stupid criminals out there after all we see them on half hour TV shows all the time I think this one has to rank up there as far as being ... continue

Stolen sand scandal shuts beach at Gran Caribe Real Hotel

"Ill-gotten, illegally accumulated" sand is at the center of a beachfront battle at a Mexico resort. In what must be the silliest bust ever, Mexico's environmental protection attorney general told the AP: "Today we made the decision to close this ... continue

Washington DC hit by credit card cloning

In a year long investigation of a counterfeiting operation that netted $750,000 in fraudulent credit card charges from some of Washington DC’s elite four restaurant servers, along with the ringleader, were arrested last week. The ... continue

ATM break-in nets hacker $9M in one day [VIDEO]

Back in November 8th of 2008 in a coordinated move low level cashers hit ATM machines in 49 cities world wide for a haul of $9 million. The way it was done apparently is that a single ... continue