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Bad credit is blocking people getting jobs (Baltimore Sun)

Bill would limit employers use of credit checks for hiring Facing unemployment in a dismal economy, Vernita Humphries of Randallstown was elated when she landed a job last year. But just days before her start date, the chief financial officer telephoned her personally to rescind the offer.

Counties differ in checks on conceal-carry applicants (Minnesota Public Radio)

The sheriffs in Ramsey and Hennepin counties, who last year issued one-fifth of all permits to carry a handgun in Minnesota, take very different approaches to the state's conceal and carry law.

JPL case to high court (The Glendale News-Press)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in a case involving employee background checks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Al Qaeda suspect's work at nuclear sites prompts call for probe (CNN)

A U.S. senator is calling for a federal probe into the system of background checks for employees at nuclear plants after learning that a suspected al Qaeda member from New Jersey worked at five such sites.

Employer's Advocate: Background checks, balances (Amarillo Globe-News)

[Amy Bishop, a 42-year-old biology professor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH), walked into a biology faculty meeting on Friday, Feb. 12, and, according to eyewitnesses, opened fire on her colleagues, killing three and wounding three others. She is charged with capital murder, and the death penalty may be sought. Obviously, this is a nightmare for the victims' families and friends ...

Laboy criminal probe followed years of complaints, anonymous tips (The Eagle-Tribune)

LAWRENCE — Long before last week's indictments and Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy's arraignment on fraud and embezzlement charges, there were years of stories and innuendo about corruption in the School Department.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear JPL background check case (La Cañada Valley Sun)

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a case involving employee background checks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Background check missed suspect's prison stay (CNN)

A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison.

OSU would not have hired killer had background check revealed his criminal past (The Columbus Dispatch)

A background check on Nathaniel Brown, who killed his boss Tuesday, did not turn up his prison record, which would have prevented him from being hired at Ohio State.

Background check missed shooter's criminal past (The Lantern)

An Ohio State custodial worker who shot and killed one of his bosses and wounded another spent time in prison and had a violent work record, but none of that turned up in a background check performed for the university.

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