Id theft

School Board member: Race a legitimate issue in curriculum issue -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 6 minutes ago
Palm Beach County schools: The need for reforms is painfully clear: there is a sizable gap between the achievement of white students and their black and Hispanic classmates, which contributes to 76 percent of county schools not meeting federal standards.

South Florida oxycodone ring: Investigators crack Palm Beach oxycodone ring -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 6 minutes ago
Federal investigators crack Palm Beach oxycodone ring, indict 20

Animal cops, Broward, rescue, dangerous dogs, dog bites -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 35 minutes ago
It's all part of a day's work for Darley, one of Broward County's animal cops. They see things most of us would rather not, rescuing pets in distress and wading into the dark world of animal cruelty almost every day.

Carrying a debit card can be risky business | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 58 minutes ago
NEW YORK Your new frugal lifestyle is about to get tested by the biggest consumer challenge of the year holiday shopping.

Larry Seidlin: Lawsuit against ex-judge Larry Seidlin expands to add more attorneys, accountant -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 1 hour 34 minutes ago
Ex-judge Larry Seidlin is accused of fleecing elderly woman out hundreds of thousands of dollars

Business start-ups ready by Monday; new game for kids; warning on phony job offers: A.M. news links
Plain Dealer (Cleveland), The | 3 hours 53 minutes ago
Here's a roundup of what's available on TV, radio, and other Web sites around Greater Cleveland: WKYC Channel 3: By the end of the weekend, several new businesses should be ready for launch in Northeast Ohio WEWS Channel 5: A 22-year-old Akron man is free on bond after pleading guilty to having 10,000 images of child porn on his computer.

Health: Coca-Cola partnership with AAFP to promote healthy soft drink consumption -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 8 hours 52 minutes ago
Health: Coca-Cola has partnered with a leading medical group to promote healthy soft drink consumption, but is there such a thing?

Environmentalists: Climate change threatens 25 national parks -- 3 in Florida -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 9 hours 52 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization say 25 national parks are threatened by climate change.

Tips for safe passwords, accounts
Dallas Morning News, The | 11 hours 56 minutes ago
As you're shopping for your favorite people this holiday season, make sure you don't allow thieves to benefit at your expense.

How to destroy credit cards
Miami Herald, The | 12 hours 47 minutes ago
In a world of escalating identity theft, one man's trash is another man's means to get a new credit card.

Business news briefs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 12 hours 55 minutes ago
State issues warning on possible loan scam The state's Department of Banking is warning consumers about an Internet loan scam by Cedarwood Equity Group

Police release photo of identity theft suspect
San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 14 hours 41 minutes ago
RELATED LINKS: » BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news » BLOG: Track South Bay court cases » South Bay crime stats Detectives on Friday released a photograph of a parolee who escaped arrest after allegedly trying to run down a police officer with her car.

Broward County stockbroker uses medicinal marijuana to cope with bone disorder -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 15 hours 24 minutes ago
Since 1982, Irvin Rosenfeld has received a free tin of 300 marijuana cigarettes from the federal government every 25 days. And he wants the world to know how it has helped him cope with multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis, a bone disorder that resulted in scores of tumors in his body.

Personal records of 1,400 residents found in B.C. government employee's home
National Post (Canada) | 15 hours 38 minutes ago
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government is investigating a major security breach after police discovered the personal records of 1,400 income-assistance clients in the home of a government employee, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned.

Four men in Liberty City group described as terrorist are sentenced to prison -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 16 hours 9 minutes ago
Narseal Batiste, 35, the ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison by a federal judge. Four other men described as Batiste's soldiers were also convicted and sentenced to between six and 10 years.