Newspaper carrier kills gunman at Birmingham store The Associated Press 10/8/02 1:50 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A newspaper carrier filling racks at a convenience store became a hero to the clerk by gunning down a robber who had put a shotgun to the clerk's head. Sam Harper, 43, was filling racks with Monday's edition of The Birmingham News when he saw a man put on a wig, burst into the store screaming and aim a shotgun only inches away from clerk Tom Burtnett. Harper grabbed his gun, went inside and fired. "I just reacted," Harper said. "It was total...