Thugs rob LA store, take workers hostage, escape Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:37 am, Saturday, January 12, 2013 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police were searching for two armed robbers who escaped after storming into a Southern California department store, taking 14 employees hostage and attacking two of the captives. The hostage drama began about 11 p.m. Thursday, when a man reported his girlfriend had called to say gunmen were in the ... Read More