Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/12/2009

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 .

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 ...

Outdoors notebook: Interest in gun sales still on rise (The Florida Times-Union)
Guns are continuing to sell in unprecedented numbers for the fifth consecutive month following the November 2008 elections. Data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check system showed that background checks were up more than 29 percent in March of 2009 during the same period in 2008. The NICS reported 1,345,096 checks done in March. The background checks don't track gun sales ...

Fees set for background checks (The Sentinel)
A new arrangement with the Borough of Carlisle is expected to cut costs while improving the ability of the housing authority to screen applicants for public housing programs and vouchers...

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. The woman, who has permanent...

Background checks for school candidates, too - Pocono Record

Background checks for school candidates, too
Pocono Record, PA
With the safety of our students always being a priority, one has to wonder why school board members and/or candidates are not required to pass a background check. All other people working in or around the schools, having contact with any student, .

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...

DCF: Mom Charged In Adopted Girls Death Passed Background Checks - Central Florida News 13|

DCF: Mom Charged In Adopted Girls Death Passed Background Checks
Central Florida News 13|, FL
OCALA -- A woman charged this week with murdering her adopted daughter passed all the required background checks before taking custody of the girl last year. A Department of Children and Families representative said officials at three agencies reviewed .
DCF says slain girl's adoptive parents passed background checks Ocala
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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
WHDH-TV - Eagle Tribune
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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...

Outdoors notebook: Interest in gun sales still on rise - Florida Times-Union

Outdoors notebook: Interest in gun sales still on rise
Florida Times-Union, FL
Data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check system showed that background checks were up more than 29 percent in March of 2009 during the same period in 2008. The NICS reported 1345096 checks done in March. The background checks .

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...

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...

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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Kan. regulators set rules for gambling suppliers - Forbes

Kan. regulators set rules for gambling suppliers
Forbes, NY
The Kansas gambling law says anybody with a 0.5 percent ownership must undergo a background check, but it also give the commission discretion to accept other states' background approvals. The problem with the 0.5 percent threshold is that in large .
Casino Gambling Easier With New Slot Vendor Rules In Kansas Casino Gambling Web
Kan. regulators ease rules for gambling suppliers Forbes
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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 .
After-school care stressed Deseret News
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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...

System failed for years in teacher sex case - The Tennessean

System failed for years in teacher sex case
The Tennessean, TN
The search does not check for warrants, though a TBI spokesman said the agency is reviewing whether it can do so in the future. Other states, including Georgia, Mississippi and Kentucky, check for warrants as part of educator background checks. .

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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