Background History Check | Background Check News for 05/18/2009

LABBE: Gun show legislation is a diversion from addressing the . - Fort Worth Star Telegram

LABBE: Gun show legislation is a diversion from addressing the .
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
Only federally licensed firearm dealers have access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS. An individual gun owner, who's paid a rental fee to set up a table at a gun show to sell from a personal collection, can't place that .

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD? (ZDNet)
AMD has been broadcasting the EU's $1.45 billion antitrust fine against Intel for nearly a week. AMD is touting the EU ruling almost a week after the antitrust commission hammered Intel. As Brooke Crothers notes, AMD's EU chatter borders on gloating. Check out AMD's home page: And the jump page where there are a bunch of links to the EU vs. Intel background. AMD's first reaction---delivered by ...

Protect Your Child from the Growing Trend of Identity Theft - hitched

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Protect Your Child from the Growing Trend of Identity Theft
hitched, CA
"Shouldn't my child's age show up on any credit background check, shouldn't the merchant recognize that the person in front of them buying a car on credit isn't seven years old?" you ask. Yes, it should, but the people screening the credit report .

Gun Control Slides Quietly Off the Agenda - Politics Daily

Gun Control Slides Quietly Off the Agenda
Politics Daily, DC
Obama would let local law enforcement have access to the federal data, but he let stand a requirement that the FBI destroy certain background check records within 24 hours and a prohibition on requiring gun dealers to keep an inventory and report loss .

Legislature weighs public access of school workers' background checks (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)
Knowing if your local school employs people with criminal records could become more difficult under proposals moving through the Texas Legislature. Schools couldn't show the public any information learned through criminal background checks, including campus-by-campus summaries of convictions...

Ritter vetoes bill that would ease background checks on gun buyers - Grand Junction Sentinel

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Ritter vetoes bill that would ease background checks on gun buyers
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO
Bill Ritter vetoed a bill that would have allowed holders of concealed-weapons permits to purchase handguns without background checks required of other buyers. The bill, HB 1180 by Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, would have weakened safeguards .
Ritter vetoes gun check exemption Denver Post
Governor Ritter vetoes gun bill KJCT8.com
Ritter vetoes gun bill Denver Post
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Will Apple allow one or two 3rd party apps to run in the background? (ZDNet)
As we approach the June WWDC event and the expectation that Apple will roll out iPhone OS 3.0 along with some possible new hardware, the rumors of what else may be in the OS update heat up. The latest speculation is that Apple will allow one or two 3rd party apps to run in the background. Currently, Apple lets you run the iPod music functions in the background, but no 3rd party apps have this ...

No criminal background check done on new Dist. 57 superintendent (Daily Herald)
The superintendent search firm hired by Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 did not perform a criminal background check on Peggy Kaufmann and had no knowledge of her 2002 DUI offense, an official confirmed Thursday...

New York's Gun Battle - Gotham Gazette

Gotham Gazette

New York's Gun Battle
Gotham Gazette, NY
The incident led to national legislation that strengthened the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System and made it harder for people with a history of mental illness to purchase guns. .

Pinnacle Air Should Have Found Pilot Failures, Consultants Say - Bloomberg

ABC News

Pinnacle Air Should Have Found Pilot Failures, Consultants Say
Bloomberg
The Pinnacle situation shows the need for the industry to develop EURœa reasonable background-check system,EUR so that airlines will seek out all information available, Robert Clifford, a Chicago aviation attorney who represents relatives of victims aboard .
Video: Co-pilot's mom speaks out WIVB

Training, background checks under NTSB microscope SmartBrief
NTSB targets fatigue factor in probe of Colgan crash ATWOnline
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Background backup (Navajo Times)
For her, a background check was essential - just one of the many requirements for moving into a Navajo Housing Authority house - but E. De La Rosa was understandably annoyed with the process...

District 57 Missed Background Check (Mount Prospect Journal)
"You live and learn," said Mt. Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 Board President Joseph Leane, referring to the district's lack of a criminal background check on Dr. Peggy Kaufmann who resigned Tuesday as incoming superintendent...

Governor Ritter vetoes gun bill (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
DENVER (KJCT)- If you have a concealed weapons permit, you will still need to go through a background check every time you buy a gun. We're hearing reaction from Colorado's anti-gun groups and disappointed gun owners all across the Western Slope...

Legislature weighs public access of school workers' background checks - Dallas Morning News

Legislature weighs public access of school workers' background checks
Dallas Morning News, TX
Schools couldn't show the public any information learned through criminal background checks, including campus-by-campus summaries of convictions. Also, schools could be required to destroy within a year any information learned from criminal checks .

EU Enforcement Results on Airline Ticket selling websites: Questions and Answers (PublicTechnology.net)
SECTION 1: THE SWEEP - CONTEXT AND PROCESS What is a Sweep? An "EU - sweep" is a joint EU enforcement action to check for compliance with consumer protection laws...

District 57 Missed Background Check - Journal & Topics Newspapers Online

District 57 Missed Background Check
Journal & Topics Newspapers Online, IL
57 Board President Joseph Leane, referring to the district's lack of a criminal background check on Dr. Peggy Kaufmann who resigned Tuesday as incoming superintendent. Kaufmann was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) last month and pled .
No criminal background check done on new Dist. 57 superintendent Chicago Daily Herald
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Montana Law Short-Circuits Federal Gun Laws - FOXNews

Montana Law Short-Circuits Federal Gun Laws
FOXNews
I go in and I buy EUR” I mean, I don't have to have a federal background check on guns if this goes in? MARBUT: Once this begins to bear fruit, that's correct. We plan to litigate this through the courts. And we have some other strategies we are working .

New City woman challenges background check results that she claims resulted in job offer withdrawal (The Journal News)
A New City woman from Haiti whose job offer from Camp Venture was withdrawn says she was never given a chance, as required by federal regulations, to challenge the erroneous findings of a criminal background check...

Tour hits snag - Richmond Times Dispatch

Tour hits snag
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA
The pair were part of an adult education program, and a routine background check showed they had an outstanding immigration order against them. White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said they were taken into custody yesterday before they entered the .

Ritter vetoes gun check exemption (Denver Post)
Gov. Bill Ritter has vetoed a bill that would have exempted some gun buyers from background checks, saying it contains "inadequate safeguards" to prevent ineligible people from buying firearms...

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