Extreme news junkies

Fortunately, our carriers at The Greatest Newspaper in the Northwest™ never have to deal with this sort of thing (scroll down), because they're unfailingly punctual in bringing the latest news to an eagerly-awaiting readership. However, some places aren't so fortunate:

A Jacksonville newspaper carrier found himself staring down the barrel of a Beretta when a man claimed the carrier forgot to deliver his paper, police said.

At gunpoint, the 56-year-old carrier handed him an edition of the Times-Union, worth 50 cents...

The robbery happened shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday at Ionic Avenue and McGirts. Two men walked up to the carrier's car window, with one telling him: "You didn't deliver me a paper this morning," a police report said.

When the carrier asked the man's address, the assailant pulled out a gun, pointing it in the carrier's face, while demanding "Give me a paper," according to police.

A/T to Jim Romanesko.