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Senators working on a health overhaul have rejected a Republican move to require photo identification for federal health benefits.
The state Court of Appeals on Thursday struck down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification for voters, overturning on state constitutional grounds a strict law previously upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
A 34-year-old man is in custody after authorities say he gave a teller his account number and showed her his picture ID before robbing an Anchorage bank.
An Oregon man who was the victim of a 35-year-long identity theft said Thursday he's so happy about an arrest in the case that he could kiss the special agent who handled it.
An Idaho woman face charges that she had sex with a 14-year-old boy that she was hired to watch in August 2007.
A woman who worked with her cousin to steal the identities of 13 unsuspecting Library of Congress employees was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in prison.
Police say two suspected California counterfeiters operated a massive bogus driver's license ring for customers in the West and Mexico.
Oakland is set to become the third U.S. city to issue identification cards to all its residents, including illegal immigrants.
A new facial recognition system at the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles led to the arrest of a convicted forger as he tried to establish a sixth fake identity just months after his parole, the agency's head said Tuesday.
Eighteen people have been accused of stealing more than $1 million from hundreds of bank accounts belonging to New York City churches, hospitals, schools and agencies including the police department.
The Coast Guard says a New Jersey man initially listed as missing and presumed dead in the March 24 sinking of a scallop boat did not board the vessel and is alive. A man who replaced him on the crew is now officially listed among the victims.
A judge has halted an identity theft investigation targeting illegal immigrants in Colorado, saying prosecutors wrongly seized records from an income tax preparer.
A Los Angeles computer security consultant has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for using malicious software that turned thousands of computers into "zombies" so he could steal private information.
A service launched this week unblocks Caller ID information that the caller thinks is blocked, causing concern among those who help abused women.
State and federal authorities said Tuesday they arrested nearly two dozen people, many with ties to Eastern Europe, in a credit card fraud and identity theft scheme that cost Las Vegas businesses and consumers about $1.5 million.
Britain's government is showing off an ID card it says will soon be compulsory for non-European nationals working in the United Kingdom.
San Francisco is delaying a controversial program that would provide identification cards to all residents regardless of legal status.
The government doesn't have to look very far to see who's ignoring its advice on preventing identity theft.
Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two years ago.
Indiana's controversial photo identification rule may not have made a major dent in the state's high turnout, but it did frustrate a small group of voters more accustomed to divine law.
Democratic presidential candidates' reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification:
The Supreme Court's refusal to strike down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification at the ballot box could disenfranchise minority and elderly voters at next week's primary and prompt other states to pass similar laws, voting advocates said Monday.
Excerpts from Monday's 6-3 Supreme Court decision upholding Indiana's law requiring voters to present a picture ID before they vote:
States can require voters to produce photo identification, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a Republican-inspired law that Democrats say will keep some poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.
A man who worked in the admissions department at a prestigious Manhattan hospital has been charged with stealing and selling information on nearly 50,000 patients.
Behe 'Politely' Turning the Screws on Zimmer and Thornton"So how, other than begging the question, are we now to know that even the small differences we see in related protein systems came about by random mutation/selection (and, yes, drift)? Quite simply, we can't.
Tories will scrap 'pre-crime' vettingAn incoming Conservative government would take steps to cut the vetting database down to size and would balk at 'pre-crime' behavioural vetting techniques.
Halloween still a treat for diabetic kidsZoey Sayles is going to be Cleopatra for Halloween.
Behe sets Zimmer and Thornton Straight on Possible Evolutionary Pathways.Professor Thornton is playing games.
Are you old enough to own a spoon? Woman asked for ID when buying teaspoons in Tesco A shopper was asked for proof of age when she tried to buy a packet of teaspoons from a supermarket. Emma Sheppard was forbidden to buy the cutlery unless she showed identification to a shop assistant at her local Tesco.
ID checks to travel across borderDRACONIAN use of terror laws could see Big Brother-style identity checks forced on all air passengers arriving in Scotland from the rest of Britain.
Euro project to arrest us for what they think we will doRadical Think Tank Open Europe has this week exposed a study by the EU that could lead to the creation of a massive cross-Europe database, amassing vast amounts of personal data on every single citizen in the EU.
We need to repeal 12 years of vile laws attacking our libertyIt takes 100 years or more for some species of tree to grow to full size but a few minutes to cut them down. The roots may live and sprout but the tree never grows back in quite the same way again.
Boise, ID - When you think of Idaho, you probably have visions of potatoes and the great outdoors, but not much beyond that. If you've never heard of Boise, Idaho, the capital city, that really wouldn't come as much of a surprise.
District Residents Criticize ID CardThe District government starts rolling out the highly touted DC One Cards, some residents are rebelling against the initiative to put their identity on one piece of plastic.Community e-mail lists across the city have been hit with a wave of complaints about the card.
Opportunity is Knocking People... (Video)Drinkingwithbob's newest rant video about current events. Check out his other videos as well. It's funny.... he gets worked up... but the man makes good points. :)
How 10 digits will end privacy as we know it Internet denizens and urban dwellers alike need to recognize that an era of anonymity is ending. The population of the world stands at about 7 billion. So it takes only 10 digits to label each human being on the planet uniquely.
DHS Secretary Napolitano Announces Global Entry Expansion to 13 Additional Airports:Biometric scannersDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Global Entry initiative—a U.S.
Google Points At WebFinger. Your Gmail Address Could Soon Be Your ID.There's some excitement around the web today among a certain group of high profile techies. What are they so excited about? Something called WebFinger, and the fact that Google is apparently getting serious about supporting it. So what is it?
Collar the lot of us! The biometric delusionUntil the 16th century, educated opinion, as codified by Ptolemy, held that the Earth is at the centre of the universe. Then along came Copernicus.
FBI: Man gives teller ID before robbing bankA 34-year-old man is in custody after authorities say he gave a teller his account number and showed her his picture ID before robbing an Anchorage bank. The FBI says Jarell Paul Arnold of Anchorage is being held on federal bank robbery charges.
Time to dismantle our surveillance societyThe latest report from the Interception of Communications Commissioner affords us a glimpse of the true scale of official surveillance in modern Britain.
Phones and email tapped 1,381 times a dayPolice and other officials tapped phone calls and emails an average of 1,381 times a day last year, according to a report released today by the interception of communications commissioner, Sir Paul Kennedy.
Nine sacked for breaching core ID card databaseThe government must be quietly grateful to the distractions of August.
The Emerging Shadow World of Digital Stalking - Experts Warn It's HereRemember terrified Will Smith being tracked by the NSA in Enemy of the State? Well, a real world GPS scifi horror might be coming to a neighbour near you: like the "neighbourhood" in your pocket or backpack.
Carded for your care? Docs begin checking IDsElena Castro was finishing the paperwork to buy her first home when the bank called to warn her of a problem — nearly $10,000 in unpaid hospital bills on her credit report. The charges were for several ear, nose and throat procedures done at hospitals in her region.
Indian Citizens to get Unique IDNEW DELHI: High-profile Information Technology expert and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani on Thursday took charge as Chairman of the newly created Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) and promised to roll out the first set of unique identification numbers within 12- …
Europe should put privacy at centre of new lawsThe European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted an opinion on the Stockholm programme - the European Commission's creepy-sounding "agenda for the future".
Litter pests: Town halls snoop on 800,000 driversTown halls accessed the details of more than 800,000 drivers last year to try to link them to low-level crimes such as littering.
During a recent trip to American Falls, Idaho I was privileged to enjoy the beauty of this raw country. The scenery stretches from potato and grain fields to mountain ranges glorious in their splendor. The waterways, creeks, and streams are still crystal clear and clean.
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