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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: identification

identification stories: 8 news summaries

 New Passport Rules 
 Burden Businesses 
 on US Borders 

Fewer traveling into US

Aug 14, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Businesses on the US side of the Canadian border say they're struggling now that travelers must show a passport to get into the country. In June, when the new law went into effect, the 11 busiest border bridges saw 23% less traffic than last year, the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

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Mexico • Canada • businesses • passport • border • identification • Customs and Border Protection

(Newser) - Boston police arrested 22-year-old premed student Philip H. Markoff today for being the "Craigslist killer," the Boston Herald reports. Nabbed at a traffic stop outside Boston, Markoff was charged with murder, kidnapping, and unlawful possession of a firearm, and thrown behind bars. Police believe he murdered a... More »

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crime • Boston • murder • Craigslist • hotel • suspect • Rhode Island • identification • Boston Police Department • Warwick, RI • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

(Newser) - A US passport is easy to obtain using fake or fraudulent documents, even with extensive post-9/11 security reforms, the AP reports. At the request of a Senate committee, a government investigator went undercover and quickly obtained multiple passports, using the identities of a dead man, a 5-year-old, and two fictitious... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • State Department • Dianne Feinstein • United States • Jon Kyl • identity theft • Government Accountability Office • passport • identification • passport fraud

Brain Looks Beyond Eyes to Recognize Faces: Scientists

New research shows that eyebrows, noses are key to distinguishing people

Jan 19, 09 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Want to make yourself hard to recognize? Get a nose job and shave your eyebrows, say facial-recognition experts, who have yet to fully understand—or agree upon—how we “see” or “read” faces. Psychologists and neuroscientists, fueled by the need to quickly and correctly identify people in the... More »

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intelligence • homeland security • brain • cognitive science • academic research • security system • scientific breakthroughs • identification • facial recognition technology

 Remains Resemble Caylee 


Dec 12, 08 1:29 PM CST
(Newser) - A former attorney for Caylee Anthony's grandparents says investigators think the remains of a young child found near her home belong to the missing 3-year-old, the Orlando Sentinel reports. But a lawyer for the Sherriff’s Department said they have not yet made even a tentative identification of the... More »

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FBI • remains • attorney • DNA evidence • identification • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • investigators

New ID System Scans Finger's Veins, Not Prints

Hitachi system is faster, more secure than fingerprinting, retinal scans

Nov 11, 08 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A new technology that scans finger veins to authenticate identity claims to be quicker and more reliable than fingerprinting, retinal scans, or facial recognition, the Times of London reports. Japanese company Hitachi's system shines infrared light through the network of capillaries in the index finger, capturing a unique 3D “... More »

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technology • security • Japan • ATM • Hitachi • blood vessels • identification

High Court to Hear Immigrant ID Theft Case

Could impede Justice tactic of jail time for  illegal immigrants

Oct 20, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court said today it will hear a case pertinent to a recent surge in identity-theft prosecutions against illegal immigrants, the Washington Post reports. Lower courts were split over whether the government must prove that thieves knew they were stealing the identity of an actual person when they use... More »

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illegal immigrant • appeal • identity theft • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • US Supreme Court • identification • appellate court • Ignacio Flores-Figueroa

Montana Gov Rips Real ID Law

Calls scheme 'kooky' and 'hare-brained'

Mar 9, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - NPR Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and every single state legislator have refused to implement the Real ID Act, a congressional mandate to create standardized identification documents. Schweitzer tells NPR the law is "kooky" and "hare-brained," asserting that half a dozen high school students and a Kinko's are... More »

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Congress • Montana • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • identity card • Real ID • Brian Schweitzer • identification • Montana driver's license • Real ID Act

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