Businesses that sell age-restricted products check the IDs of customers in an effort to comply with federal, state and local laws. This can be a cumbersome and challenging process, especially for busy establishments. Checking IDs is time consuming and employees often do not know how or where to look for birthdates and other identifying information. [...]

More and more identity theft cases are being reported everyday which significantly means that more and more millions of dollars are being lost as a consequence. Identity theft does not only prey on unsuspecting individuals but also on varied companies and firms. They say that the best way to evade your enemy is to know [...]

Barry Ritholtz : The absurdity of blaming Obama for bear mkt

My grandma lives on her own and has a really hard time getting around. She struggles to get to the phone and has three rooms on her main floor that she pretty much gets around in. A few years ago she fell and was unable to get to the phone. After a few hours a [...]

“But what do you really think?” That question will dog Gordon Brown for the rest of the election campaign – perhaps for the rest of his political career. This was the day the prime minister was caught facing two ways – expressing one view in public and quite a different one in private. The picture [...]

The former student, Syed Hashmi, 30, was to go on trial on Wednesday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, three years after he was extradited from Britain and accused by prosecutors of conspiring with others to provide Al Qaeda with military gear that was to be used against American forces in Afghanistan. Mr. Hashmi could [...]

BARNSTEAD, N.H. — A diminutive horse born in New Hampshire could lay claim to the world record for lightweight foal. The pinto stallion named Einstein weighed just 6 pounds and measured 14 inches tall when he was born Friday in Barnstead, N.H. Those proportions fit a human baby just about right but are downright tiny [...]

The plan renews the agency’s year-old goal to increase the number of analysts and overseas operatives fluent in another language – a problem that has plagued military and civilian intelligence officers throughout much of the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. CIA Director Leon Panetta said the changes will help the agency better [...]

The Real ID Act of 2005 is intended to combat terrorism, ID theft, and other crime by strengthening the precautions of state-issued ID credentials. The act calls on states to execute a set of bare minimum national standards in numerous areas: Information and security so-called-safeguards that must be incorporated into each license. Proof of who [...]

(April 26) — An armed man impersonating a police officer was arrested at the airport in Asheville, N.C., as President Barack Obama’s plane prepared to take off, authorities said. He told officers he wanted to see the president. Authorities said they stopped Joseph Sean McVey on Sunday afternoon after he was spotted carrying a gun, [...]