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ghirardelli.timeless pleasure. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning 6:12. a sour note for bay area candy company. more than 100 workers at the american licorice company went on strike overnight workers say they are striking over issues related to pay and benefits. no comment from the company. american licorice is best known for making [ unintelligible ] depending on how long the strike goes on, it could get harder to find the candy on store shelves or the movies. >>> supermarket in petaluma latest victim of a debit card scam at self-check-out lanes. customers and employees said the thieves managed to steal up to $1,000 from atm cards after they ran it through the self-check-out the scam has hit 20 supermarkets from southern california to the peninsula and now the north bay. police are investigating whether the withdrawals are linked to a known security breach in the chain's self-check-out system. >>> thief armed with pepper spray accused of trying steal $10,0

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