"Smash and Grab" Has Moved to ATMs, Spurring Anti-Ramming Measures

Both the United States, Britain and Australia have been hit by a new variety of smash and grab crimes, one in which criminals ram a stolen van into the front door of a convenience store in order to grab the ATM inside.

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Supermarket chain Waitrose is to open a line of convenience stores, starting with a trial in the next 6 to 9 months.

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When hackers infiltrated Citibank ATMs at 7-Eleven stores, they revived the fear of everyone looking to get out a few bucks for a Slurpee - is using this machine safe?

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It's more than just the price of crude oil that's impacting prices at the gas pump. A major cause for concern is credit card fees that continue to rise.

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The link between poverty and obesity in inner cities is fairly obvious to most people - these people must rely primarly on convenience stores that don't sell much healthy food, are overpriced, and have very limited selections.

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At first glance, you may not notice the lack of posters on the windows of the minimart at 29th and J streets, or wonder about the lack of benches and phone booths around its gas station. You may not even notice that the gas pumps here are strategically placed.

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As gas prices hit another record last Friday, Jeff Curro couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't a motorist at the pump fed up by the blur of numbers spinning higher as he filled his tank. Curro is a gas station owner who has stopped selling gas to his own customers.

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