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<p>ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY SEPT. 6 - In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, private security guard Gus Rodriguez stands outside "El Palacio de Oro" jewelry store in downtown Los Angeles. It?s just one aspect of the gold fever now sweeping the country?s criminal world. Law enforcement officials across the nation and beyond say they are seeing an uptick in robberies that correlates with gold?s record-high prices. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p>

<p>ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY SEPT. 6 - In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, private security guard Gus Rodriguez stands outside "El Palacio de Oro" jewelry store in downtown Los Angeles. It?s just one aspect of the gold fever now sweeping the country?s criminal world. Law enforcement officials across the nation and beyond say they are seeing an uptick in robberies that correlates with gold?s record-high prices. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p>

September 7, 2011

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Gold fever sweeps criminal underworld
September 7, 2011 9 p.m.

Gold fever sweeps criminal underworld

LOS ANGELES - Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof vest, shades wrapped around his shaved head and pepper spray bulging from a breast pocket.