North Carolina woman uses mother's name to gain benefits

Aug 27, 2011 Brian Bradley

Tana Lavon Smith of Lincolnton, North Carolina, was arrested today after it was learned she provided the state unemployment office with false identity verification to receive benefits, WBTV-TV reports.Smith used her mother's name, Frances


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Banks will make your community safer

Aug 24, 2011 Brian Bradley

While banks may be inclined to affiliate themselves with wealthier neighborhoods, they may also make a community safer, Virginia Public Radio reports. During the 1980s, when a plethora of banks began to merge, banks in poorer areas closed,


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Banks will make your community safer

Aug 24, 2011 Brian Bradley

While banks may be inclined to affiliate themselves with wealthier neighborhoods, they may also make a community safer, Virginia Public Radio reports. During the 1980s, when a plethora of banks began to merge, banks in poorer areas closed,


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Businesses at risk of exposure

Aug 23, 2011 Brian Bradley

According to Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale, the newest identity theft victims in today's lackluster economic climate are small- and medium-sized businesses, the Tribune Sentinel reports.In order to counteract this growing trend,


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Credit card debts fall as Wall Street stress rises

Aug 19, 2011 Brian Bradley

According to TransUnion, Americans reduced their overdue credit card debts during the second quarter of 2011. The credit analysis organization reports that instances of bills unpaid for more than 90 days fell 0.6 percent, putting the occurrence


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