Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/07/2009



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. .
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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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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. .
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Police Probe Unauthorized Background Checks (WCVB Boston)
Lawrence police said they do not yet know why Mark Rivera, 32, a former special assistant to schools superintendent Wilfredo Laboy, did unauthorized background checks on hundreds of people using school computers...

Police Probe Unauthorized Background Checks - Boston Channel.com

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Police Probe Unauthorized Background Checks
Boston Channel.com,  USA
BOSTON -- Lawrence police said they do not yet know why Mark Rivera, 32, a former special assistant to schools superintendent Wilfredo Laboy, did unauthorized background checks on hundreds of people using school computers. "It's not illegal. .
School employee who ran hundreds of background checks resigns Eagle Tribune
Lawrence school employee resigns in midst of probe Boston Herald
Police: School system employee hacks into private records WHDH-TV
Boston Channel.com - Eagle Tribune
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FBI: No terrorism in plane suspect's background (KSDK St. Louis)
FBI: No terrorism in plane suspect's background..

Background check's fee irks widower in condo fray (The Palm Beach Post)
To Norman Bartell, it's not the hundred bucks, it's the notion that he might be some sort of disreputable character...

Background check's fee irks widower in condo fray - Palm Beach Post

Background check's fee irks widower in condo fray
Palm Beach Post,  United States
Bartell, a retired dentist who has lived at Century Village in West Palm Beach for more than 20 years, is refusing to pay a $100 fee for a background check on himself. The Post columnist offers his take on South Fla. living, news, events and more. .
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FBI: No terrorism in plane suspect's background (AP via Yahoo! News)
The FBI says a man suspected of stealing a plane in Canada and landing it seven hours later in Missouri has no known association with terrorism...

Require check at gun shows - Vallejo Times-Herald

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Require check at gun shows
Vallejo Times-Herald, CA
You need a background check. But a legislative bill would waive that requirement for people who already have permits to carry concealed weapons. The reasoning is that they've been vetted once in a thorough process, and that ought to be enough. .
Background Checks At Gun Shows Debated WCSH-TV
Columbine dad touts gun law in Maine Seacoastonline.com
Advocates Look to Close Gunshow Loophole MPBN News
NECN - Kennebec Journal
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Vetting of Utah school workers 'flawed and ineffective' - Salt Lake Tribune

Vetting of Utah school workers 'flawed and ineffective'
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
Utah education officials vowed to tighten rules governing background checks. But those efforts will come at a price -- up to $2.6 million, they warned. And no criminal screening is perfect. to take action immediately," said State Superintendent Patti .
Legislative audit finds educator criminal convictions Deseret News
Audit: Utah isn't checking teacher backgrounds LocalNews8.com
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FBI: No terrorism in plane suspect's background (FOX 12 Idaho)
Associated Press - April 7, 2009 1:03 PM ET ELLSINORE, Mo. (AP) - The FBI says a man suspected of stealing a plane in Canada and landing it seven hours later in Missouri has no known...

Transportation chair expects Browns background this week (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
State Senate Transportation Chairman Tom King said he expects to receive the findings of a background check on highway Director Larry L. EURButchEUR Brown this week, setting the stage for what could be a contentious public confirmation hearing...

Background Check - TheInsider.com

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Background Check
TheInsider.com, CA
Background Check: (Noun) The process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records of an individual. Garfield's Slutty Cat Girlfriend Kardashian is firing back at having been fired from Sunday's episode of .
Annie Duke Celebrity Apprentice: Getting Dirty With Midgets Gambling911.com
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Weapon Background Check Debate Heats Up - Public News Service

Weapon Background Check Debate Heats Up
Public News Service, CO
We know that background checks work, and we know that background checks are not conducted in about 40 percent of gun sales in this country." In some states, including Minnesota, the background-check requirement applies only to licensed gun dealers, .
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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...

RI AG critical of higher background check fee (Boston Globe)
A proposal to raise the fees for basic criminal background checks in Rhode Island from $5 to $25 is under fire from the attorney general's office...

FBI: No Terrorism In Pilot's Background (KCTV 5 Kansas City)
A flight student suspected of stealing a plane in Canada and flying erratically across three states was trying to commit suicide, hoping to get shot down by military fighter planes, a state trooper says...

Permitting Gun Permits - WBNG-TV

Duluth News Tribune

Permitting Gun Permits
WBNG-TV, NY
"When I did the background check back in 97 everything seemed to be okay on him. His references said he was a good person. There was nothing there negative," said Broome County Sheriff David Harder. To get a permit, you must submit an application. .
After the massacre: Binghamton carnage cries out for tighter state . New York Daily News
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Legislative audit finds educator criminal convictions (Deseret Morning News)
A legislative audit has discovered numerous criminal convictions of public education employees and deemed the criminal background check process "flawed and ineffective."..



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