A Walgreens employee describes routine theft at his store — and how he's not allowed to stop it

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A Walgreens employee said his store is doing little to combat theft, including by repeat offenders.

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Some Walmart and Walgreens stores are locking up so much stuff that delivery workers are avoiding them

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Stores like Walgreens and Walmart lock up a range of goods at their stores.

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Locked-up merchandise is turning off shoppers at CVS, Walgreens, and other big drugstores

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Tide laundry detergent bottles with a security locking system to prevent theft at a CVS pharmacy in Queens, New York.

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We visited a Rite Aid store. The empty shelves made us wonder about the chain's future.

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A Rite Aid location in Brooklyn was home to lots of empty shelves.

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People aren't spending like they used to and it's forcing companies like Nike and Walgreens to make drastic changes

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American consumers are getting tighter with their wallets and pickier about deals.

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Why your local pharmacy may be closing

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Walgreens says a quarter of its US stores aren't contributing to the company's operating income.

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'The Cops or FBI Cannot Stop Me From Exposing You': 12 Grindr Extortion Horror Stories

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Technology has pushed the world of dating into our phones, those same devices that allow us to take photos and videos we may not want the rest of the world to see. And that tectonic shift in culture has made it much easier to run anonymous extortion scams, where people threaten to reveal your private photos to…

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Get ready for hot discount summer — see the list of stores slashing prices

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Fire up the grill. It's summer.

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The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO

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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California.
Convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

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'This Will Ruin My Life and Career': Cheating Site Ashley Madison Is Overflowing With Sextortionists

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Ashley Madison promotes itself as a dating site that helps people cheat on their partners. But newly released consumer complaints filed with the FTC, obtained exclusively by Gizmodo, should probably give any potential cheaters pause. The site is lousy with extortion attempts, to put it mildly.

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