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Columbine Victim's Father in Maine to Support Gun Bill (FOX 23 Maine)
Nearly ten years after the deadly Columbine High School rampage, Tom Mauser, the father of one of the victims, will speak at the Maine Statehouse to urge the passage of a gun control bill requiring an instant national background check for anyone purchasing a gun at a gun show. (Provided by News 13)..

CNN Student News Transcript: April 7, 2009 (CNN)
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Carcieri plan to raise fees for background checks draws fire (The Providence Journal)
The attorney general's office says the hike in fees from $5 to $25 would hurt jobless people in search of work and local police departments...

Loophole in Background Checks for Guns (KAAL Austin)
(ABC 6 NEWS) - It's a loophole that exists in more than half the states in this country - allowing people to buy a gun without a background check at a gun show...

Carcieri plan to raise fees for background checks draws fire - Providence Journal

Carcieri plan to raise fees for background checks draws fire
Providence Journal, RI
By Cynthia Needham PROVIDENCE EUR” The attorney generals office is sharply criticizing a Carcieri administration proposal to raise the fees for basic criminal background checks, calling the move a barrier for Rhode Islands jobless in search of work. .

Our view: Background checks misuse of school property - Eagle Tribune

Our view: Background checks misuse of school property
Eagle Tribune, MA
We're trying to think of a good reason why the special assistant to Lawrence School Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy might be running criminal and financial background checks on people with nothing to do with the school system. We can't come up with one. .
Candidate says he warned Laboy a week ago about background checks Eagle Tribune
Laboy apologizes for background checks by assistant Eagle Tribune
School officials don't expect layoffs despite anticipated cut in . Eagle Tribune
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Lawrence schools chief apologizes for aide's actions (Lowell Sun)
LAWRENCE -- Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Laboy has apologized and taken full responsibility for the background checks conducted on mayoral candidates allegedly performed by a Lowell man who works as Laboy's special assistant...

Arizona Background Check Company Offers $15 Volunteer Screening . - PitchEngine (press release)

Arizona Background Check Company Offers $15 Volunteer Screening .
PitchEngine (press release), WY
PHOENIX EUR April 3, 2009 EUR Clarifacts, a Phoenix-based employment screening company, is offering a special package for volunteer background checks throughout the month of April. The package is available to 501c3 organizations and includes a social .

Background check policy advances - Northwest Herald

Background check policy advances
Northwest Herald, IL
District 158 school board members surged ahead Thursday night with a rough draft of a potential background check policy designed for themselves. Since last month, school board President Shawn Green has been crafting the policy, which is planned to make .

Games Without Frontiers: 'MadWorld' Is Black and White and Awesome All Over (Wired News)
While visiting Bungie Studios as its developers finished work on Halo 3 two years ago, I saw something very interesting. Occasionally, to help debug the videogame, they'd play a level in wire-frame mode EUR” where all the environments and characters were rendered onscreen as glowing outlines. "Check this out," said one of the programmers as he called up a scene for me. What he showed me was ...

Background Checks At Gun Shows Debated (WCSH 6 Portland)
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- 2 weeks from Monday marks the 10th anniversary of the shootings at Columbine High School just outside of Denver, Colorado...

Background Checks At Gun Shows Debated - WCSH-TV

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Background Checks At Gun Shows Debated
WCSH-TV, ME
3 out of the 4 guns used at Columbine were bought at a gun show with no background checks. Tom Mauser fought successfully to change the law in Colorado. He's now trying to do the same here. He says if Maine requires sellers at guns shows to do .
Columbine dad touts gun law in Maine Seacoastonline.com
Father of Columbine victim advocates for tighter gun control NECN
Advocates Look to Close Gunshow Loophole MPBN News
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Airport security rule causing concern in Colorado (The Vail Trail)
Directive requires pilots and support personnel to pass a background check..

Firearms Sales Continue to Climb in March - Opposing Views

Firearms Sales Continue to Climb in March
Opposing Views, CA
Data from the fbi's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show background checks on the sale of firearms jumped 29.2 percent in March when compared to March 2008 and were up 27.1 percent for the first quarter of 2009 over the same .

Cops: 3 Dover taxi, limo companies didn't do background checks on . - Dailyrecord.com

Cops: 3 Dover taxi, limo companies didn't do background checks on .
Dailyrecord.com, NJ
DOVER -- Three taxi and limousine operators have been charged with not conducting proper criminal background checks on their drivers, police said. The charges stem from a two-week investigation that included surveillance and was part of the Dover .

Being alert about youth sports - Denver Post

Being alert about youth sports
Denver Post, CO
The individuals had probably undergone a form of background check EUR” some more extensive than others EUR” before they were given unfettered access to the children they coached or the money they handled. Still, each managed to get precisely where they .

Obama finds success, and a reality check, on trans-Atlantic trip (Tucson Citizen)
After three international summits and more than a dozen meetings with foreign leaders in the past five days, President Barack Obama learned the limits of diplomacy Sunday: He can't control everything...

Potomac Confidential (Washington Post)
Potomac Confidential fills the midday lull with discussion by Metro columnist Marc Fisher who looks at the latest news with a rigorous slicing and dicing of the issues that define who we are and where we live...

Loophole in Background Checks for Guns - KAALtv.com

Loophole in Background Checks for Guns
KAALtv.com, MN
(ABC 6 NEWS) - It's a loophole that exists in more than half the states in this country - allowing people to buy a gun without a background check at a gun show. A bill that would have closed that loophole has recently hit a snag. .

A taxing dilemma, hire pro or go it alone - River Forest Leaves

A taxing dilemma, hire pro or go it alone
River Forest Leaves, IL
They are licensed by the federal government, which means they have passed an IRS exam, background check and they complete continuing education requirements every year. CPA. They must undergo rigorous training. Not all handle tax matters, .

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