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Feds Seize 14 7-Elevens for Undocumented Workers

Feds: Seized 7-Elevens Ran 'Modern Plantation System'

Jun 17, 2013 6:03 PM CDT

Feds: Seized 7-Elevens Ran 'Modern Plantation System'

Employed, exploited unauthorized immigrants, say officials

(Newser) - Homeland Security and the DOJ raided 14 7-Eleven stores in Virginia and New York today, charging nine owners and managers with employing unauthorized immigrants and identify theft. According to officials, the stores hired more than 50 unauthorized immigrants, supplied them with stolen identities—some taken from children and dead people—...

Video Shows Trayvon at Store

May 19, 2012 6:13 AM CDT

Video Shows Trayvon at Store

It's the first public image of him on night he died

(Newser) - Next up in the Florida prosecutors' evidence dump in the Trayvon Martin case: video, of Trayvon at the 7-Eleven, minutes before he was killed, reports the Guardian . The video shows Trayvon dressed in his hoodie and light-brown trousers, buying candy and a drink. He got into the altercation with George...

Bumbling 'Gumby'
Bandit Surrenders

Sep 14, 2011 8:22 AM CDT

Bumbling 'Gumby' Bandit Surrenders

And police keep Jacob Kiss' suit

(Newser) - Jacob Kiss, otherwise known as the guy in the Gumby costume who epically failed in his quest to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven last week, is still not winning. Kiss, 19, turned himself in to police yesterday, accompanied by alleged accomplice Jason Giramma, also 19, who was pictured in the...

'Gumby' Makes Fumbling Attempt to Rob 7-Eleven

Bumbling
'Gumby'
Tries to Rob
7-Eleven

Sep 8, 2011 7:31 AM CDT

Bumbling 'Gumby' Tries to Rob 7-Eleven

And fails, hilariously

(Newser) - One for the Legendary Fail Department: A person dressed in a Gumby costume attempted to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven on Monday. Here are the problems the would-be criminal ran into: One, the clerk thought it was a joke. Even after Gumby said, "This is a robbery," the...

Spotted: Farmville Groceries At Your Local 7-11

Spotted: Farmville Groceries
at Your Local 7-Eleven

Jul 6, 2010 10:51 AM CDT

Spotted: Farmville Groceries at Your Local 7-Eleven

(Newser) - Who'd have expected a modest Facebook game about raising cattle and tending to crops to become such a sensation? Now 7-Eleven is cashing in on the craze, with convenience stores selling FarmVille-branded food items. If that's not scary enough, many of these items have codes redeemable for in-game goodies including...

Newest Beer Brand
Is From ... 7-Eleven?

Apr 20, 2010 4:08 PM CDT

Newest Beer Brand Is From ... 7-Eleven?

Chain will sell its own suds in low-cost bracket

(Newser) - After quaffing your Burger King mimosa , be sure to leave room for a 7-Eleven beer. The convenience store has begun selling its own brand, called Game Day. The chain is trying to take advantage of the rising demand for low-cost beer in the recession, writes Joshua M. Bernstein at Slashfood...