Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/13/2009

Peeps Show III: The Winner Is . . . (Washington Post)
With over 1,100 sweet entries, it was hard to pick a winner. Check out this year's top 40 entries and see who beat out the competition...

Somber return for 5 soldiers on Easter (WAVY TV 10 Portsmouth)
"You see these five caskets, flag-draped, it's sobering beyond belief," Pautsch told The Associated Press afterward. "There's no music in the background, but just the stark reality of those caskets laying there against the backdrop of this huge 747...

Background checks first step in preventing crimes - Bangor Daily News

Background checks first step in preventing crimes
Bangor Daily News, ME
Fact: Since the FBI instant background check was instituted in 1994 more than 1.6 million prohibited persons were stopped from buying guns. A felony conviction, a domestic violence conviction or a current restraining order were the most common reasons .

Schools Acknowledge Failure in Teacher Background Check (Eyewitness News Memphis)
A Tennessee middle school teacher charged with sex crimes in two school districts made it through the system for years. It wasn't until he got a traffic ticket that problems...

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...

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. .
System failed for years in teacher sex case Knoxville News Sentinel
Schools acknowledge failures in sexual abuse case Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
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Bloomberg Wants to Close Gun Buying Loophole in VA (WCBS 880 New York)
Virginia's gun show loophole allows gun buyers to purchase firearms at public shows with no background checks. READ MORE>>..

The Most Important Hire You'll Ever Make (Forbes)
An overworked-parents' guide to nabbing a great nanny...

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...

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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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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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
NECN - Seacoastonline.com
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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
School official quits amid snooping case Boston Globe
Lawrence school employee resigns in midst of probe Boston Herald
Eagle Tribune - Eagle Tribune
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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 .
Gun Show Loophole Debate Continues WHSV
Bloomberg ad tied to Va. Tech massacre United Press International
Easy Access: $5000 and One Hour Buys 10 Guns ABC News
WMDT - New York Daily News
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Binghamton victim's children want tighter gun laws - Lower Hudson Journal news

Binghamton victim's children want tighter gun laws
Lower Hudson Journal news, NY
The instant background check conducted by the state police probably took a minute, Markell said. Cho's mental-health history was not available to a national database. After the shootings, US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of Long Island sponsored a bill that .

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...

TV Ad Calls for Closing Gunshow Loophole - WHSV

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TV Ad Calls for Closing Gunshow Loophole
WHSV, VA
The ad, which will run statewide this week, calls for closure of a loophole that allows some sellers at gun shows in Virginia to sell weapons without conducting a background check of the purchaser. The ad, which features Samaha, focuses on the former .
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Bloomberg Finances Gun-Control Ad in Virginia Race New York Times
New Ad Calls For Closure of Gun Show Loophole CBS News
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Somber return for 5 soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
On a chilly Easter night, two days after his son and four of his fellow soldiers were killed in Iraq, David Pautsch watched their remains arrive on a jumbo jet during a somber, half-hour ceremony...

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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