MY, WHAT A LOVELY GUN YOU’RE POINTING AT MY FACE

A new style of dealing with would-be bank robbers is being credited with an almost 50 percent drop in bank heists in Washington state so far this year. According to the new methodology, excessive friendliness and an overdose of courtesy toward suspicious looking characters can get them to rethink their criminal intent. "If you're a legitimate customer, you think, 'This is the friendliest person I've met in my life.'” says Drew Ness, president of Bellevue’s First Mutual Bank. 'If you're a bad guy, it scares the lights out of you." (AP)