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Tax day 2011: Four ways to protect your tax returns from data thieves
Tax-related identity theft is the fastest growing kind of identity theft. Between 2005 and 2009 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission tripled from 11,000 to nearly 34,000, according to a Scripps Howard News Service investigation. Thieves steal personal information to use for themselves or sell, or they take it to divert a tax refund into their own pockets. Identity theft, as a whole, is on the decline, but the abundance of personal information in circulation during tax season makes it a prime time for thieves to strike. Here are four tips for keeping your information safe:
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Obama under fire for giving Hollywood access to Bin Laden SEALs
Rep. Peter King is criticizing the President's administration for sharing too much information with Kathryn Bigelow, the director of the Hurt Locker and the force behind a movie intended to depict the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year.
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Federal judge bars release of Bin Laden photos
He ruled that the government could keep the photos from the public on national security grounds.
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House passes cybersecurity bill despite veto threat over privacy protections
The cybersecurity bill seeks to protect the nation from cyberattack, but concerns over how personal information is shared with the government and corporations has sparked opposition and a veto threat from the Obama administration.
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1940 census records have over 20 million still alive today
1940 census: Information released Monday shows that more than 21 million US citizens who participated in the census over 70 years ago are still alive this year.
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Sherrod firing: emails reveal White House role
The Obama administration has released nearly 2000 pages of documents that document communications between the USDA and the West Wing.
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Steve Jobs: FBI file says Apple CEO could 'distort reality'
The FBI has released a decades old file on Apple founder Steve Jobs. The bureau said that Jobs would "twist the truth."
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Supreme Court to hear case of dream home quashed by EPA
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a case that shows the EPA is out of control, property-rights advocates say. Environmentalists say the couple involved is merely trying to scapegoat the EPA.
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Readers Write: EPA may not be killing jobs, but it's letting honeybees die
Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of December 26, 2011: One reader says that the EPA may or may not be a jobs killer, but its failure to crack down on pesticide use is killing the vital honeybee population. Another affirms the upsides to unemployment and a circuitous career path.
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Horizons
Carrier IQ disputes FBI connection
Carrier IQ has issued a long report on its security practices, just as the FBI shoots down a related FOIA request. Will this new defense be enough to help Carrier IQ?
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Illegal immigration: Are Obama deportations truly aimed at 'criminals'?
US says it deported a record 216,000 'criminal aliens' in fiscal 2011, but immigration court statistics show a drop in criminal deportation proceedings from the Bush years. How do those square?
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Finding Fernanda
Two mothers – one in the US, one in Guatemala – seek the same child in this exposé of the abuses of the international adoption system.
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ACLU: FBI guilty of 'industrial scale' racial profiling
The ACLU says the FBI is guilty of racial profiling when investigating criminal threats. The FBI says it is taking into account the reality of the post-9/11 world.
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Despite recent alerts, nuclear regulators give an 'all-safe'
At a hearing Thursday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said things are fine. But it also acknowledged it is double-checking key items to verify preparedness in the wake of Fukushima.
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Poke fun at William and Kate's royal wedding? The censors say no.
In the land of the Magna Carta – as well as tart satire – footage of the royal wedding of William and Kate is banned from being used in any comedy program, as the Australian TV show 'The Chaser' just learned.
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Ph.D says JFK asked CIA about UFOs
Claiming to have obtained a top-secret memo (but the JFK Library has no record of it), author and paranormal researcher William A. Lester, Ph.D., found a way to combine UFOs with the Kennedy assassination, hitting the fringe-conspiracy-theory jackpot. (Lester has a doctorate from the American Institute of Holistic Theology, which according to its website 'has chosen not to seek traditional accreditation.')
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Tax day 2011: Four ways to protect your tax returns from data thieves
Tax-related identity theft is the fastest growing kind of identity theft. Between 2005 and 2009 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission tripled from 11,000 to nearly 34,000, according to a Scripps Howard News Service investigation. Thieves steal personal information to use for themselves or sell, or they take it to divert a tax refund into their own pockets. Identity theft, as a whole, is on the decline, but the abundance of personal information in circulation during tax season makes it a prime time for thieves to strike. Here are four tips for keeping your information safe:
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Illinois debates keeping gun owners' identities secret
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to make public all registered firearm owners through the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Opponents say public disclosure could increase crime.
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TSA aimed to put body scanners in public places
TSA denies it used airport body scanners elsewhere. But documents show it tested similar technology at a commuter train station in New Jersey and signed contracts for more scanning in public places.
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Supreme Court: Corporations do not enjoy personal privacy rights
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a case involving AT&T that explored whether it could claim, under personal privacy rights, an exemption from a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Corporate 'personal privacy'? Case watched for any hint of Supreme Court bias.
A lawyer for AT&T faces tough questioning at Supreme Court as he argues for 'personal privacy' protections for corporations. Critics alleging a pro-business bias in the Roberts court are tuning in.
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USS Enterprise: Do lewd videos point to deeper problem for military?
Capt. Owen Honors of the USS Enterprise was not sanctioned until this week for making lewd videos and broadcasting them over the ship's televisions several years ago. Critics say such permissive behavior contributes to rising rates of sexual crime in the military.
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US Supreme Court opens with historic changes
The Supreme Court is in the midst of a significant transformation after eleven years with the same lineup of justices. Since 2005, four new members have joined the court, two on the conservative side and two on the liberal side.
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Free speech: What if Terry Jones went to Sweden?
A look at the global state of free speech.
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Rahm Emanuel apparently sought to trade favors with Blagojevich, new emails reveal
Rahm Emanuel, a congressman in Illinois at the time, agreed to sign a letter to the Chicago Tribune supporting Blagojevich. Hours later Emanuel's staff asked for grant money to be released for a school in his district.
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Ted Kennedy and the lost notebook: FBI was watching him
FBI files on Sen. Ted Kennedy kept between 1961 and 1985 are full of death threats and clues to the senator's relationship with the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
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