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Former Priest Accused Of Abuse Now Works For TSA

Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Tsa Background Checks, Tsa, Background Checks Tsa, Video, Background Checks, Thomas Harkin, Priest Tsa, Travel News

A Catholic priest who was defrocked in 2002 over sex abuse allegations has a new job...with the TSA. CBS Philadelphia reports that Thomas Harkin, w...

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TSA Hired Agents Without Completing Background Checks

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Atlanta Airport, Video, Tsa, Tsa-Employees, Tsa Employment, Tsa Jobs, Tsa New Hires, Tsa Agents Background Checks, Business News, TSA Security, Background Checks, Transportation Security Administration, Business News

Some workers screening travelers at one major airport may not have been fully screened themselves. Facing a backlog of background checks, the Tran...

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Feds Update Criminal Background Check Policies, In Aim To Prevent Discrimination

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Equal Opportunity Employment, Video, Criminal Convictions, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Business News, Updated Eeoc Guidelines, Background Checks, Employment Discrimination, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Is an arrest in a barroom brawl 20 years ago a job disqualifier? Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how...

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'It's Like The Wild West' For Background Check Companies

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Job Market, Video, Unemployment, Job Seekers, Job Applicants, Business News, Background Check Companies, Joblessness, Background Checks, Job Applications, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of U.S. job hunters are losing out because employers use faulty background-check data drawn from shoddy records, consumer advo...

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Big Brother May Be Your Employer, Not Just Your Government

Brett Greene | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Facebook Usernames, Secure It Act, Civilian Surveillance, Workplace Privacy, Privacy Rights, Cybersecurity, Employee Rights, Facebook, Background Checks, Vacation Policy, Time Off Policy, Denver News

How much ongoing access to your personal information, including your online login information, do you want your employer to have?

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No Questions Asked, Or How I Became A 'Trusted Traveler'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.12.2012

Last week, just days after this story was posted and after informing the chief spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security that the name on my G...

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The Truth About Gun Sales

Josh Horwitz | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Gun Industry, National Rifle Association, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Background Checks, Christmas Shopping, Gun Sales, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Black Friday, Politics News

By purposely hiding actual data about gun sales in America, the gun lobby is attempting to reinforce its oversize reputation and make the industry look like a more politically potent force than it actually is.

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A Scarlett Letter On Economic Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Credit Report, Debt, Payday Lending, Corescore, Fico, Auto Insurance, Employment, Background Checks, Corelogic, Data Collection, Credit, Experian, Credit Check, Credit Score, Transunion, Rent-to-Own, Equifax, Business News

Thanks to a new kind of credit score, more borrowed money may end up in the hands of the increasing number of Americans who are sliding down the econo...

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In the Wake of the Sandusky Scandal, A Call for Youth Coaching Certifications

Hilary Levey Friedman | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Doug Boger, Jerry Sandusky, U.S. Gymnastics, Youth Sports Coaching, Background Checks, Youth Sports, Parents News

At the end of every weekday millions of kids dash out of school and into the care of adults, like Sandusky, who are meant to teach and mentor them. While they are all educating children, not all of these adults are vetted.

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Match.com Lawsuit Settled

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Video, match.com Lawsuit, Dating Site, Online Dating, Carole Markin, Internet Dating, Background Checks, Sexual Assault, match.com Carole Markin, Sexual Predators, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating website settled her lawsuit on Tuesday wh...

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Leaving Brady, But Not the Fight to Prevent Gun Violence

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.07.2011

My tenure with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence will be ending, but I will remain engaged in the movement to reduce gun violence in America. For me, working for a safer America is more than just a job.

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So Many Guns, 6-Year-Olds Now Threaten Life

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: h.d. Woodson High School, School Shooting, Congress, Ra-Heem Jackson, Ross Elementary, Common Sense Gun Laws, Gun Deaths, President Obama, Gun Injuries, Background Checks, Gun Violence, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Child Access Prevention Law, Gun Suicide, State Legislators, Houston-School-Shooting, Washington Post, Politics News

Police continue to investigate how a 6-year-old armed himself, but here's something that's already clear. Guns are so easy to get, they can end up in the hands of a 6-year-old, turning the confines of an elementary school into a zone of discord.

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Match.com To Check Users In Sex Offender Registry

AP | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: match.com, Background Checks, Match, Sex Offender, Online Dating, Online Dating Risks, Online Dating Safety, Match Sex Offender, Technology News

LOS ANGELES — Online dating site Match.com says it will begin screening its users against the national sex offender registry. The president of ...

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In Arizona, Gun Control Advocates Bring Campaign To Giffords' Backyard

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Arizona Shootings, Gun Control, National Instant Background Check System, Virginia Tech Shooting, Tucson Shootings, Background Checks, Guns, Gun Violence, Arizona Shooting, Politics News, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Arizona Rep. Giffods, 112th Congress, Gun Control Legislation, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Gun Control Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Victims of the Arizona shootings and their families gathered in downtown Tucson on Monday to support a national campaign to improve gun ...

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One Gun in the Wrong Hands, Six Innocent Lives Lost

Peter Rhee | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Trauma, Clarence Dupnik, Tucson Shooting, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Terry Goddard, Background Checks, Gangs, Jared Loughner, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Gabby Giffords, US Navy, Politics News

Tucson is a peaceful place, not somewhere you expect to see many gunshot wounds. Fixing simple gaps in the law could mean the difference between a warzone and another beautiful day.

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Polls: Key States Support Strengthening National Gun Background-Check System

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Ian Bartrum, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gun Crime, Background Checks, Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control, Drake Law School, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Gun Control Laws, Senator Chuck Schumer, Chuck Schumer, US News, New York, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Polls conducted in five key states show large majorities in support of closing loopholes in the national background check system for fir...

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In Arizona, Survivor Of Virginia Tech Massacre Talks Gun Control: 'The Time For Thoughts And Prayers Is Over'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 112th Congress, Background Checks, Jared Lee Loughner, Michael Bloomberg, Tucson Shooting, Living for 32, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Steve Gallardo, Giffords Shooting, Gun Crime, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Brady Campaign, Gun Control, Colin Goddard, Gabrielle Giffords, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Gun Control Laws, Virginia Tech Massacre, Arizona Shootings, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Politics News

Almost two months after the shootings in Tucson, Ariz., Colin Goddard, a survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre, is speaking to Arizona students about...

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The Middle Ground on Guns

Mike Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Gun Control, Background Checks, Chicago, Tucson Shooting, Supreme Court, Virginia Tech Massacre, Chicago News

Chicago is not alone. Americans across the country from Ft. Hood to campuses in Dekalb and Blacksburg to the Pentagon and Columbine continue to wonder how dangerous individuals have access to deadly weapons.

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Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg Team Up On Gun Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Senator Chuck Schumer, Politics, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control Laws, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Drake Law School, Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control, Background Checks, Ian Bartrum, Gun Crime, New York, US News, Politics News

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced legislation that would require all gun buyers to undergo a background check and increase penalties for state...

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Background-Check Business Booms Thanks to China

Richard Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Resume, Cv, Education, Microsoft China, Adrian Ashurst, Hong Kong, Jobs, Human Resources, Worldbox Business Intelligence, Tang Jun, Background Checks, Manufacturing and Industrial Sector, q4 Hudson Report, Zhejiang University, Business News

Firms that provide background checks on businesses and individuals have never been in such high demand -- thanks to a flood of fraudulent claims by Chinese businessmen and applicants.

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Bloomberg Launches Cross-Country Campaign For Gun Control Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 112th Congress, Arizona Shootings, National Instant Background Check System, Gun Control, Tucson Shootings, Background Checks, Guns, Virginia Tech Shooting, Gun Violence, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Arizona Shooting, Arizona Rep. Giffods, Gun Control Reform, Gun Control Legislation, Politics News

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, appeared on "Good Morning America" Wednesday to announce a new campaig...

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Undercover at an Arizona Gun Show

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Gun Crime, Background Checks, High-Capacity Magazine, Glock, Congress, Gabrielle Giffords, Firearms, Gun News, Gun Shows, Arizona, New York City, Gun Show Undercover, Atf, Gun Show Loophole, Tucson Shooting, Video, Politics News

How difficult is it for criminals, the mentally ill, and drug abusers to buy guns in Arizona? We sent undercover investigators with hidden cameras to find out, and the answer is: not difficult at all.

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Gun Violence Destroyed Christina's Dreams

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

How can President Obama tell us in his State of the Union that "the dreams of a little girl in Tucson... deserve the chance to be fulfilled," without talking about the gun violence that destroyed those dreams?

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34 Victims Of Gun Violence Speak Out For Gun Control At City Hall

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Brady Bill, Crime, Ny News, Gun Shows, Background Checks, Guns, New York News

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Martin Luther King III held a press conference Monday in City Hall, joining those affected by gun violence, ...

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Gun Polling: A Moving Target? There's Less Division Than You Might Think

Margie Omero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Menino, Pollster.com, Michael Bloomberg, Tucson Shooting, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Guns, Background Checks, Gallup, Pollster, Pollster Analysis, Politics News

In aftermath of Tucson, many are re-evaluating gun laws' position on the legislative backburner. A poll my firm, Momentum Analysis, released today su...

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