31.   Yesterday, after a botched bank robbery attempt on Coney Island, their wedding plans were in even greater disarray, the police said.

32.   Police shot and killed two knife-wielding Indonesians Monday after foiling a home robbery attempt, an official said.

33.   Police suspect the killing was part of a robbery attempt and was not politically motivated.

34.   Police said he was shot in the head after refusing to hand over his car during a robbery attempt.

35.   A German tourist was shot to death this weekend during a robbery attempt at a popular guest house in the northern coast, police said Monday.

36.   A man possibly armed with hand grenades set off a series of explosions at a ferry terminal Tuesday during an apparent bungled robbery attempt.

37.   A high-ranking police official was shot and killed Monday during a robbery attempt, a police spokesman said.

38.   A parolee who took a man from his home and fatally shot him during a robbery attempt was executed by injection Thursday.

39.   A French soccer fan was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating two African peddlers during a robbery attempt.

40.   A Georgia woman who was fatally shot during a weekend robbery attempt in Mexico City had planned to return home Monday, her pastor said.