Indian police questioned an Uber executive Tuesday about the company's claim it conducts comprehensive background checks and a top official called for the taxi-booking service to be banned nationwide after one of its New ...
Business
Dec 9, 2014
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Given the U.S. Supreme Court's majority stance against efforts to regulate gun availability and ownership, many policies aimed at lessening gun violence have had at best a minimal impact, according to an article by a criminologist ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2014
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The internal records of as many as 25,000 Homeland Security Department employees were exposed during a recent computer break-in at a federal contractor that handles security clearances, an agency official said Friday.
Security
Aug 23, 2014
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A government contractor that handles hundreds of thousands of security clearance background checks for civilian and military workers says that some workers' personal information was compromised after a recent computer breach.
Security
Aug 6, 2014
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Facebook is taking aim at people who are using the social network or Instagram photo-sharing platform to sell guns.
Internet
Mar 5, 2014
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A U.S. Senate vote to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms is shaping up as a bittersweet moment for gun control supporters, days before the anniversary of the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in ...
Other
Dec 9, 2013
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Google has opened a how-to shop that sells expert advice on everything from cosmetics to the cosmos in live video sessions streamed on computers and smartphones.
Internet
Nov 5, 2013
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A scientific survey of gun dealers and pawnbrokers in 43 U.S. states has found nearly unanimous support for denying gun purchases based on prior convictions and for serious mental illness with a history of violence or alcohol ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2013
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Web-based car-sharing companies will have to make sure drivers undergo training and criminal background checks and have commercial liability insurance under rules approved Thursday by California regulators.
Other
Sep 19, 2013
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Hundreds of taxis have staged a noisy Los Angeles protest against ride-sharing services that use smartphone apps.
Software
Jun 25, 2013
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