Jan 8th, 2009 · Milken, Skilling, and Madoff. What lessons have we learned from these white collar bandits? Has our financial literacy improved to avoid such sweeping schemes in the future? For insight, Farai Chideya talks with Fortune magazine's Allan Sloan.
Jul 19th, 2008 · In Northern California, organized crews of poachers are raiding residential recycling bins, sometimes threatening homeowners who get in the way. San Francisco alone estimates it is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to recycling bandits.
Jun 11th, 2008 · Novelist Ron Hansen is best known for his tales of Western bandits and whiskey runners, but he claims his inspiration for these unsavory characters is divine. The author of Exiles discusses writing, faith and his status as a Catholic deacon in a secular literary world.
Apr 17th, 2008 · Bering Straits crab fishermen Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand appear on the Discovery Channel's The Deadliest Catch and have just released a book about their adventures called Time Bandits.
Mar 10th, 2008 · California's farmers grow most of the nation's fruits and nuts, but for several years, they've been battling empty beehives ravaged by colony collapse disorder. Now some of the precious remaining hives have gone missing, the victims of a sting of bee bandits.
Aug 20th, 2007 · In Maine, August is the height of the state's blueberry season. Picking blueberries is prickly, backbreaking work -- though apparently not enough to deter for thieves who are making off with acres of the tiny berries. One producer has had enough, and is now offering a $5,000 reward to catch the blueberry bandits.
Jul 26th, 2007 · A notorious Indian bandit was shot dead by police in India this week. The bandit, known as Dadua, had evaded capture for decades. He was wanted for murder, kidnapping and extortion. Indian history is filled with tales of Robin Hood-like bandits who are supported by the poorer castes of society.
May 30th, 2007 · If you're an elephant turned bandit, you don't need a gun; a couple of pointy tusks will do. The Hindustan Times reports an elephant bandit is holding up motorists in the eastern state of Orissa. His modis operandi is to stand in the middle of the highway until a car stops. He won't move until drivers wind down their windows and get out of the car, whereupon he uses his trunk to find, and grab, the food inside.