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An AutoZone worker who stopped an armed robbery by retrieving a weapon from his truck said he was fired by the company for violating their gun policy... The part-time worker’s manager was especially thankful and credited McLean with saving his life. But two days after the robbery – and just a week before Thanksgiving – McLean was fired.

An off-duty NYPD officer chased after a trio of robbery suspects in the Bronx, N.Y., after he was shot in the chest by one of them, authorities say. The officer then fatally shot one of the suspects.

On Tuesday, the art world reeled after the theft of seven valuable paintings from the Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam. Before dawn, thieves broke into the museum and, in five minutes, made off with famous works by the likes of Picasso, Monet and Matisse.

Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions....

A popular fifth-grade teacher fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense outside his neighbor's house during what appeared to be an attempted late-night burglary, then discovered the teen was his son, state police said.

A young couple in Washington state may be guilty of committing an expensive crime for pennies on the dollar. Dakoda Garren, 19, has been charged with stealing a rare coin collection worth $100,000 and spending the coins at face value on a movie and pizza with his girlfriend.

Report: Naked man steals car, crashes into Dallas mall in attempt to dress self. According to authorities, the suspect was involved in a disturbance in the 2600 block of Bainbridge before entering a red truck in the nude and driving one mile west to the Southwest Center Mall. Upon being found putting on clothes in the Champs Sports store, the suspect was arrested and transported to Methodist Central.

Fugitive accused of taking Highland Park woman’s $90,000 wedding ring arrested in East Texas... He was first arrested shortly after the January 2010 mugging, in which a woman in her 50s had her $90,000 wedding ring stolen outside the Whole Foods on Preston Road. Authorities say Fuller’s bail was supposed to be set at $500,000, but after a court mix-up he was released on $50,000 bail. He’s been on the lam for two years. Two weeks ago, however, Fuller was featured on America’s Most Wanted, and tips about his whereabouts poured in to the North Texas Fugitive Task Force.

The U.S. Senate is out of town this week, and somebody may want to make sure its furniture is safe and secure. An employee assigned to care for furniture used by Senate offices stole and illegally sold more than $13,700 worth of tables and chairs to a used furniture dealer in Virginia, according to a new watchdog report and people familiar with the investigation.

A firefighter has been arrested after allegedly robbing a Dallas bank, then giving $20 of the stolen funds back to the teller as a tip.