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Identity Theft: America’s Fastest Growing Crime

There's an epidemic sweeping across America and it's called identity theft. Most of us know someone who is a victim of the crime. It may have happened to you. Identity theft is scary, confusing, time consuming and expensive. It's also something that is becoming more common as the thieves become more aggressive and sophisticated. The... Read More →

Phony debt collectors put consumers at risk for identity theft

Attorney General Greg Zoeller issues a HIGH warning to all Hoosiers of a widespread scam that involves bogus debt collectors who have an alarming amount of personal information about their potential victims - putting consumers at high risk of identity theft and significant financial losses. According to the reports received by the Indiana... Read More →

How have we dodged the post-9/11 big one?

When you think about it for a bit, there is nothing more surprising than this country's avoidance of a significant terrorist attack since 9/11. Anyone who remembers looking forward nine years ago knows that such a prolonged avoidance did not seem credible. Particularly so as we entered the long, drawn-out combat campaign that was Afghanistan. This... Read More →

50% of Us May Cheat, But 50% of Us Don’t

In a notable display of seeing the glass half empty, we continue to be fascinated by infidelity. While research suggests that about 50% of us are unfaithful within the context of a committed relationship, what that same research fails to point out - or in our zeal to slow down at the scene of the accident we fail to recognize -- is that... Read More →

Supreme Court, Congress need new rules for GPS searches

THE FOURTH Amendment protects Americans against “unreasonable searches and seizures.’’ But that protection, the Supreme Court has held consistently for more than 40 years, applies only where there is “a legitimate expectation of privacy.’’ This means, for example, that the police do not need a warrant to follow a suspect as... Read More →

9 months after Tiger Woods caught in adultery, his marriage ends in divorce

Divorced. Single dad. Golf game still to be determined. And so, after nine months of turmoil over his extramarital affairs, now begins the next chapter in the life and times of Tiger Woods. In a hearing that lasted no more than 10 minutes in a Florida judge's chambers, Woods and his Swedish-born wife officially divorced Monday. "We... Read More →

Bail bondsman convicted of hiring a hit on deputy prosecutor

An Elkhart County bail bondsman has been found guilty on several charges after prosecutors say he hired a martial arts champion to beat up the county deputy prosecutor. Fifty-one-year-old Bart Dewald was convicted Tuesday on several counts, including conspiracy to commit aggravated battery, criminal confinement and intimidation. Prosecutors... Read More →

Suit: Drunk courier lost $1.3M painting

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Staff | No Comments

Suit: Drunk courier lost $1.3M painting

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The owner of Jean Baptiste Camille Corot's "Portrait of a Girl" is suing a courier after the man lost the painting during an alleged drunken night in New York. Kristyn Trudgeon, the majority owner of the 19th century painting, said art courier James Carl Haggerty told co-owner Tom Doyle he lost the $1.3 million... Read More →

Amish sex offender to take polygraph

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Staff | No Comments

Amish sex offender to take polygraph

WEST CHESTER — An Amish farmer was ordered to submit to a therapeutic polygraph examination by a Chester County Court judge as part of his supervision on a child sexual abuse case for which he is on probation. The man, whose name is being withheld because of his relationship to the victim, stood in front of Common Pleas Court Judge... Read More →

Using Private Eyes to Keep Track of Tenants

As a parade of slovenly dressed 20-somethings passed through the entrance of a downtown Manhattan apartment building on a weekday afternoon, these seemingly savvy New Yorkers did not seem to notice they were the subjects of a photo shoot. That is because this shoot was covertly orchestrated by their landlord, who had hired a private... Read More →

S’pore wife finds hubby married to M’sian woman on Facebook

After six years of marriage, tell-tale signs of her husband going astray began to emerge. One night, after her husband forgot to log off his Facebook account, the wife decided to snoop. What she saw not only confirmed her worst fears but also shocked her. There, in a special album, were wedding photos of her husband and another woman... Read More →

Weld Co. man jailed for hiring PI to track estranged wife

GREELEY, Colo. - A local private investigator is under arrest, for what some say is simply doing his job. And a Weld County father is in jail, simply for hiring the investigator. Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck is charging both with felony stalking. Jeff Schudel says he hired the investigator because he was concerned about... Read More →