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For a child, the Toys “R” Us store in Phillipsburg, N.J., is a wonderland. Just browse the aisles — Transformer toys over here! A talking Elmo over there! Charmin toilet paper! Dawn dishwashing liquid! Hey, Toys “R” Us is starting to feel pretty grown up.
Eight Taliban militants were among 14 people who died in a missile strike Tuesday along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said Wednesday. The 50-year-old man was arrested on Monday, police revealed
London police have arrested a man in connection with a brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store last week, they announced Wednesday. The 50-year-old man was arrested on Monday, police revealed.
Two men are being sought for questioning in the brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store last week, in which some $65 million in merchandise was stolen, authorities said Tuesday. Detectives released surveillance camera photos of the two, in addition to images of some of the rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches taken from Graff Jewellers on central London’s New Bond Street. A total of 43 items were taken, with a value of about £40 million, or about $65 million, Scotland Yard said
Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store, able to reject apps at will — as it did July 28 with Google Voice.
A German supermarket employee got a surprise this week when she opened two boxes of bananas to find them filled with more than 60 pounds of cocaine worth $2 million, police said.
When times are tough and consumers are “trading down” to buy more inexpensive goods, you’d think that a discount retailer like Target would flourish. After all, it’s the place you go for quality clothes at affordable prices — cheap-chic designer Isaac Mizrahi offers a line — low-cost home accessories, and perhaps a grocery item or two
A motorcycle gang carried out a bold smash-and-grab raid on a jewelry store in the center of London — right in front of a CNN camera. CNN reporter Sasha Herriman and cameraman Peter Kavanagh were filming in Oxford Street, London’s busiest retail area, when the raiders took a sledgehammer to the store’s windows in broad daylight. Kavanagh kept the camera rolling as the thieves helped themselves to handfuls of luxury watches before roaring off on their motorcycles, leaving a crowd of stunned shoppers in their wake