My friend in Colorado sends me these in her letters.  I love them!  Here's what I got today:

Curses, Foiled Again
Sheriffs investigators reported that Kasey Allan and David Connell warned a gas station clerk in Benzie County, Mich., they would be back to rob her after they got their masks and a gun and asked her to cooperate in exchange for money. Two hours later, the men returned, only to be arrested by deputies and state troopers whom the clerk had alerted.

When a man walked into a Chicago muffler shop just before 9 a.m. brandishing a gun and demanding money, a worker told him there was no cash and that only the manager could open the safe, but he wasnt in yet. The gunman left his cell phone number and said to call him when the manager arrived. Instead, the worker called police, who in turn called the cell phone, told the gunman to return and then arrested the 18-year-old suspect when he did.