Fake ID sellers shrug off crackdown with mobile networks
In Los Angeles near MacArthur Park a counterfeiting network sells fake driver licenses and Social Security cards to illegal immigrants. Vendors like Luis Hernandez cite the government push for a tamperproof national ID as futile and claim they’ll adapt with portable, computer-based document production. Authorities note sweeping efforts but warn the global, tech-enabled fake ID trade is hard to halt.
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Army dog handler sentenced for dog bark abuse at Abu Ghraib
Army Sgt. Santos A. Cardona received 90 days hard labor and a rank reduction after a military jury found he derelicted duty and aggravated assault by letting his Belgian shepherd bark inches from a kneeling Iraqi detainee at Abu Ghraib prison. He was the 11th soldier convicted in abuse cases from late 2003 and early 2004.
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Police: Man Tried to Use Slain Girl’s Bank Card
In Columbia South Carolina a 20 year old woman Tiffany Souers was strangled with her bikini top and authorities say a man attempted to use her bank card hours after the killing. The Clemson University junior was found in her apartment and her funeral drew hundreds in Missouri.
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New Orleans rushes to fix roofs before storms hit
Nine months after Katrina blue tarps still cover many homes in New Orleans. Homeowners rush to repair roofs before the hurricane season as insurance disputes and labor shortages slow progress. FEMA distributed 81,241 blue tarps across Louisiana after Katrina Rita.
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