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Authorities investigating a bizarre bank heist have searched the home of a bank manager who was told to strap what she believed was a bomb to her midsection and was forced to order employees to "take out all the money" from her branch. Two masked gunmen got away with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Bank of America, but no one was injured in the robbery. No arrests had been made as of Thursday afternoon.

Photo by AAP Sep 7, 2012