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Illinois AG to investigate phone carriers, online privacy breach bc-lifeline-folo(sh) | By: ISAAC WOLF | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Washington (WW), National (AN) May 20, 2013 6:35 PM By ISAAC WOLF Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Monday that she has launched an investigation into two companies that exposed tens of thousands of low-income applicants to a federal phone program to a heightened threat of identity t
Cincinnati IRS workers to be questioned by House committee this week bc-irs-testify(sh) | By: JASON LAW, LUCY MAY and GREG NOBLE | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Soccer (BM), Special (LL) May 20, 2013 4:10 PM By JASON LAW, LUCY MAY and GREG NOBLE Cincinnati Tea Party groups say they will rally Tuesday in the city that serves as the hub of the IRS handling of applications by mostly conservative groups for tax-exempt status. That rally will end with a marc
Boy Scouts to vote on allowing gay youths as members bc-gay-boyscouts(sh) | By: SCOTT CARROLL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN) May 20, 2013 3:35 PM By SCOTT CARROLL For most Boy Scouts, their Eagle Scout badge is a mark of honor. But for Ijpe DeKoe, a gay former scout, it became a mark of intolerance. Based on its principle to be "morally straight," the Boy Scouts of America has been opposed t
Bachmann campaign allegations draw FBI attention bc-bachmann-fbi(sh) | By: KEVIN DIAZ | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | National (AN) May 20, 2013 2:59 PM By KEVIN DIAZ The FBI has contacted two former staffers of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, adding to the swirl of federal and state investigations looking into alleged financial improprieties by top officials in the campaign.
Key findings in probe of Lifeline data breach bc-lifeline-findings(sh) | Source: Scripps News | National (AN), Special (LL) May 20, 2013 1:30 PM While researching companies participating in the federal Lifeline program that subsidizes phone service for low-income Americans, Scripps News this spring discovered a data breach. Among the key findings: -- Tens of thousands of Lifeline applicants
Lifeline: How we got this story bc-lifeline-process(sh) | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) May 20, 2013 11:55 AM Customers of Lifeline, a federal program for low-income Americans, benefit by getting discounted phone service. But tens of thousands also face a liability: an increased risk of identity theft. While looking into companies participating in the progra
Data breach puts Lifeline phone applicants' privacy at risk bc-lifeline-short(sh) | By: ISAAC WOLF | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) | Photos: SH13E113LIFELINE, SH13E114LIFELINE, May 20, 2013 11:45 AM By ISAAC WOLF Last fall, when Linda Mendez was offered discount phone service through a federal program for the poor, the San Antonio mom thought it was too good to be true. She signed up anyway. Mendez, 51, works the graveyard shift at a universit
Data breach puts Lifeline phone applicants' privacy at risk bc-lifeline(sh) | By: ISAAC WOLF | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) | Photos: SH13E113LIFELINE, SH13E114LIFELINE, May 20, 2013 11:40 AM By ISAAC WOLF Last fall, when Linda Mendez was offered discount phone service through a federal program for the poor, the San Antonio mom thought it was too good to be true. She signed up anyway. Mendez, 51, works the graveyard shift at a universi
Wash. state draft rules let out-of-staters to buy ounce of legal pot, 7 days week bc-pot-rules(sh) | By: BOB YOUNG | Source: The Seattle Times | National (AN) May 17, 2013 3:30 PM By BOB YOUNG Washington state residents and out-of-staters could buy an ounce of tested, labeled marijuana, seven days a week, up to 20 hours a day, in state-regulated stores under draft rules for a new legal-pot system released this week. That ru
Tea Party activist says he was singled out by IRS inquiry bc-irs-singledout(sh) | By: LUCY MAY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) May 17, 2013 2:35 PM By LUCY MAY Justin Binik-Thomas wants to know why a question about him is among 35 the Liberty Township Tea Party was instructed by the Internal Revenue Service to answer as part of the organization's application for tax-exempt status last year. "
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