Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/11/2009

Woman Finds $357,959 Cashier's Check, Returns It (Fox News)
Curtis said she never thought of keeping the check for herself, and she declined the woman's offer of a reward...

NFL uses Facebook as part of background check on rookies - Examiner.com

NFL uses Facebook as part of background check on rookies
Examiner.com
Maybe that will or already has become part of the routine, but one thing that the teams surely do is check up on their draft prospects via Facebook and MySpace. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports! reports that NFL teams do their homework and have been .

In hard times, more pay for cell phones by the call (The News & Observer)
Cell phone users spooked by the recession are opting for prepaid calling plans, which have long been the province of teenagers, low-wage workers and anyone rejected in a credit background check...

Casino Gambling Easier With New Slot Vendor Rules In Kansas - Casino Gambling Web

Casino Gambling Easier With New Slot Vendor Rules In Kansas
Casino Gambling Web, FL
Once they show proof of those approvals, the commission would do a background check on everyone who owns at least five percent of the company. The state law in Kansas requires that anyone who owns .5% of the company be subject to a background check. .
Kan. regulators ease rules for gambling suppliers Forbes
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Forest Lake firefighter charged with arson failed background check; mayor said hire him anyway (Pioneer Press)
John David Berken should not be a Forest Lake firefighter, his background check suggested. The city's former mayor ordered his hiring anyway...

Woman Finds $357,959 Check, Returns It (CBS News)
As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type...

OUR VIEW: Thorough school checks needed - StandardNet

OUR VIEW: Thorough school checks needed
StandardNet, Utah
Also, 9000 teachers hired prior to 1994 have not received a single background check. No classified school employees hired before 1994 have had a background check. What is going on here? Whatever it costs Utah schools to rectify this security sloppiness .

School employee who ran hundreds of background checks resigns - Eagle Tribune

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School employee who ran hundreds of background checks resigns
Eagle Tribune, MA
By Jill Harmacinski LAWRENCE - Mark Rivera, a school department employee under investigation for running hundreds of background checks on political candidates, police officers and others will no school affiliation, resigned Monday. .
School official quits amid snooping case Boston Globe
Police: Worker Tapped Into Gov.'s Records Boston Channel.com
Lawrence school employee resigns in midst of probe Boston Herald
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Bloomberg Joins Brother of Va. Tech Victim to Close Loophole in Va. Gun Show Law (Washington Post)
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is teaming up with a Fairfax County man whose sister was killed in the Virginia Tech shootings in a campaign to encourage Virginia lawmakers to require that private sellers at gun shows conduct background checks on would-be buyers...

Pistol Licensing Officer: "Binghamton shooter an exception, not . - WKTV

Pistol Licensing Officer: "Binghamton shooter an exception, not .
WKTV, NY
Despite that, Sullivan says you could still receive a permit - even if you are not a US Citizen - if you pass the background check. In the case of Wong, he was a citizen and did have a permit. "Obviously, something happened drastically from the time he .
Video: In A Killer's Own Words CBS

NY shooter had history of frequent weapons purchases USA Today
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Check work history, police warn (The New Zealand Herald)
Police and private investigators are warning businesses to thoroughly check the background of job candidates after a Northland council hired an executive who had been charged with a six-figure fraud...

Bloomberg Joins Va. Tech Victim's Brother in Effort to Change Law - Washington Post

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Bloomberg Joins Va. Tech Victim's Brother in Effort to Change Law
Washington Post, United States
"I purchased 10 guns in one hour with no questions asked or a background check," Samaha said. "I bought rifles and a Glock, shotguns -- anything, you name it. One person asked me if I could show him a driver's license, and I told him I didn't want to .
Bloomberg, family of Virginia Tech massacre victims to unveil gun . New York Daily News
20/20 undercover at Richmond gun show RichmondBizSense
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Checks and imbalances - Boston Globe

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Checks and imbalances
Boston Globe, United States
More than 400 people were the subjects of background checks run by city employees on School Department equipment. They checked criminal, financial, and other personal information. Some who were spied on were opponents or adversaries of Mayor Michael .
Lawrence pays for credit reports for snoop victims Boston Herald
Laboy protest brings complaints about everything from paper towels . Eagle Tribune
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FBI Firearm Background Checks Hits 100 Million Mark - Opposing Views

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FBI Firearm Background Checks Hits 100 Million Mark
Opposing Views, CA
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the agency responsible for running the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), has announced the completion of the 100 millionth instant background check since the inception of NICS 10 years ago. .
Enhancing public safety Times-West Virginian
FBI Celebrates 10 Years Of Preventing Gun Violence WDTV
FBI Celebrates NICS 10th Anniversary at Clarksburg Facility WBOY-TV
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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 .
Require check at gun shows Vallejo Times-Herald
Advocates Look to Close Gunshow Loophole MPBN News
FATHER SPEAKS OUT Kennebec Journal
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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...

Brown check to be secret (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
The results of a background check on Mississippi Department of Transportation Director Larry L. EURœButchEUR Brown for his upcoming Senate confirmation hearings likely wont be released to the media or the public...

Sullivan schools may require background checks for volunteers - Kingsport Times News

Sullivan schools may require background checks for volunteers
Kingsport Times News, TN
By Rick Wagner BLOUNTVILLE EUR” Parents and others who volunteer in Sullivan County schools soon may have to undergo a criminal background check through the Department of Human Services. The Sullivan County Board of Education Thursday night considered but .
Background checks for school candidates, too Pocono Record
Five superintendent candidates to have background checks Fort Morgan Times
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Woman finds $357,959 cashiers check and returns it (AP via Yahoo! News)
As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type. But just as she was about to do her part for a cleaner planet and deliver the paper from the parking lot to a trash can, she noticed it was a real cashier's check ...

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