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A woman robbed a straphanger at knifepoint inside a lower Manhattan subway subway station during Wednesday morning rush-hour, police said. The victim was on the 2/3 train platform at the Fulton Street station around 9:30 a.m. when the mugger flashed a knife at her and grabbed the contents of her purse, according to the NYPD. The suspect then ran off and was in the wind Wednesday afternoon, cops said. No additional information was immediately available. The robbery came the day after a 34-year-old woman was shoved onto subway tracks by a stranger while waiting on the 1/2/3 train platform at...

Police say a woman was held at knifepoint Tuesday during a harrowing daylight incident in the Bronx. The incident happened on the Grand Concourse near East 149th Street that afternoon when a man and woman approached a 56-year-old woman, the New York Post reported Thursday. The two individuals allegedly brought out a knife and forced the victim to go to an ATM and retrieve $8,000 from her bank account. The pair is accused of taking the money and two of the woman’s rings.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio Salvation Army bell-ringer outside a Kmart store was robbed of his red kettle by four men with a knife. North Canton police say they don't know how much donated money was in the kettle when it was taken Saturday evening. Police Sgt. Frank Kemp tells WJW-TV (http://bit.ly/vPzm84) the four men, all wearing dark clothing and hoodies, threatened to use the knife. Kemp says the bell-ringer followed the Salvation Army's standard procedure in such cases and did not put up a struggle. The robbers took off on foot. Police are asking for...

Officials: Boy plotted to take class hostage By STEVEN MAYER and STEVE E. SWENSON, Californian staff writers e-mail: smayer@bakersfield.com e-mail: sswenson@bakersfield.com Friday September 27, 2002, 10:48:11 PM A plot by a 12-year-old seventh-grade boy to take a class hostage at knifepoint, sexually assault a girl and then kill himself was foiled moments before he intended to carry it out, Kern County sheriff's officials said at a news conference Friday. The potential tragedy at Sierra Middle School was avoided Thursday morning when another pupil saw the boy with a knife in his waistband and alerted the teacher, sheriff's Cmdr. Marty Williamson...