Background History Check | Background Check News for 12/25/2009

Background Checks For All With BeenVerifieds iPhone App (TechCrunch)
Back in September, we wrote about a new iPhone app that would allow you to run a background check on a new lover. It's mildly creepy, but also kind of interesting. Unfortunately, that app, DateCheck, also charged an arm and a leg to run the checks. A new one gives you some background checking ability for free. The aptly named Background Check App does exactly what it says: Using data from the ...

Background checks still up in air in Mentor (The News-Herald)
The jury is still out on whether Mentor City Council will begin requiring background checks of its board and commission members...

Now You Can Conduct Your Own Background Check with Acxiom's New I-Check (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.----If you are applying for jobs, rental property, volunteer organizations or seeking other placements, now you can get your own background check from Acxiom I-Check, a low-cost, confidential and in-depth background screening service offered by Acxiom Corporation ...

Police: Homeless are 'steady presence' (The Sentinel)
To be admitted to area shelters, homeless people have to swing by the Carlisle Police Department for a background check...

You Wanna Background Check Me? Well, Be Careful Where You Look . - Corporate Counsel

You Wanna Background Check Me? Well, Be Careful Where You Look .
Corporate Counsel
Approximately half of those employers reported that they also check applicants' credit histories. For the nominal fee of a comprehensive background check, .

Burr's misfire - Sacramento Bee

Burr's misfire
Sacramento Bee
If the VA finds that a vet is mentally incompetent, though, it also by law reports that information to the federal government's instant background check .

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Russian Passes Background Check, and Vote Looms on His Bid for Nets - New York Times

Russian Passes Background Check, and Vote Looms on His Bid for Nets
New York Times
Mikhail D. Prokhorov has survived the NBA's background examination, helping the billionaire Russian oligarch take another step toward .

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Guns for goons - San Antonio Current (blog)

Guns for goons
San Antonio Current (blog)
In 1993, Congress passed the Brady Bill, which required that federally licensed dealers do a background check before they can sell someone a gun. .

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BeenVerified's iPhone app runs 110829 free background checks in first week - VentureBeat

VentureBeat

BeenVerified's iPhone app runs 110829 free background checks in first week
VentureBeat
Background checks are simultaneously one of the coolest and one of creepiest things you can do on your iPhone. Intelius made a splash at the most recent .
Background Checks For All With BeenVerified's iPhone AppWashington Post
Background Check app brings up all of that old stuff (mega-privacy invasion .9 to 5 Mac (blog)
Background Check App for iPhone does exactly what you think it doesIntoMobile (blog)

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Check those gas prices in the area (Mesabi Daily News)
Why shop in Virginia? I went to Hibbing this week (Tuesday, Dec. 15) Unleaded 87 octane gas is $2.429 a gallon in the Chisholm/Hibbing gas stations, while in the Virginia area, it is $2.599 per gallon!..

Mono County announces drug arrests (The Record-Courier)
A routine traffic stop for expired registration ended in the arrest of two people on multiple warrants and the seizure of 350 gift cards worth $31,000 and chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. According to Mono County Undersheriff Ralph Obenberger, a deputy pulled over Marianne Uribe, 49, of Richmond, Mich., on Highway 395 near Hot Creek Road on Tuesday. A background check on ...

How iPhone apps can ruin your Christmas - CNET News

How iPhone apps can ruin your Christmas
CNET News
The first is called the Background Check App. Not only is it wondrously free, but it also strikes a huge and lasting blow for personal freedom. .

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County mulls caregiver background checks (The American Canyon Eagle)
Privately-hired caregivers in Napa County may have to undergo background checks under a proposed countywide ordinance. The goal, Napa County District Attorney Gary Lieberstein told the American Canyon City Council earlier this month, is preventing elder abuse...

Wytheville post office hostage relied on military background - roanoke.com (Roanoke Times)
Jim Oliver, a 41-year-old veteran, used his experience to form a bond with Warren "Gator" Taylor during an uneasy standoff in Wytheville. Related From today's paper Hostage relied on military background Man charged in 9-hour standoff Wytheville suspect has a 'mean streak', criminal history Previous coverage Suspect in custody after 8-hour standoff BREAKING NEWS: 8.5-hour standoff at Wytheville ...

Girls Just Wanna Have Guns - Outdoor Life Magazine (blog)

Christian Science Monitor

Girls Just Wanna Have Guns
Outdoor Life Magazine (blog)
As further proof the gun sales boon is not wavering, data released this week by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported .
Murder rate declined while gun sales boomed: An 'inconvenient truth'Examiner.com
More guns equal more crime? Not in 2009, FBI crime report shows.Christian Science Monitor
Gun Sales Surge, Violent Crime DropsPajamas Media (blog)
Hot Air (blog)
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Sheboygan Mall Santa Fired for Criminal Background (WBAY Green Bay)
A Santa at the Memorial Mall in Sheboygan has been fired after his supervisors learn of his criminal background...

Background checks for Plainfield Twp. - WOOD-TV

WOOD-TV

Background checks for Plainfield Twp.
WOOD-TV
(WOOD) - All future Plainfield Township employees will undergo a background check, the board decided at a Monday night meeting. The discussion came after .

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Background checks still up in air in Mentor - News-Herald.com

Background checks still up in air in Mentor
News-Herald.com
The jury is still out on whether Mentor City Council will begin requiring background checks of its board and commission members. .

Black Diamond terminates city administrator following background check | Read . - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Black Diamond terminates city administrator following background check | Read .
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Mr. Smith breached the conditions of his employment, including failure to cooperate with the background check; misrepresentation; insubordination; .

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Background checks for Plainfield Twp. (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
All future Plainfield Township employees will undergo a background check, the board decided at a Monday night meeting...

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