Protect Your Financial Assets from
Identity Thieves
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| On Saturday April 29nd, 2006
between 10 AM - 1 PM, Bank of America in cooperation with Congressman
Gregory W. Meeks (pictured) will host a free "Community
Shred Day" at the Bank of America branch ( 216-02 Merrick
Blvd.) located at the intersection of Springfield & Merrick
Blvds. in Springfield Gardens, Queens. Some 500,000 to 700,000
Americans a year are at risk of having their identities stolen,
according to government and private sector estimates. Identity
theft occurs when someone steals your personal information and
uses it to establish credit, borrow money, charge items or even
commit crimes in your name. (Photo courtesy of Congressman Gregory
Meeks' St. Albans office) |
Beloved "Crown Jewel" of New Orleans Restored
Hampton employee volunteer Lissette Hernandez, left, and Gabe
Finkenstein, a restoration expert, paint and smooth gold leafing
on a horse at the Carousel Gardens at City Park in New Orleans,
Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Hampton's Save-a-Landmark program is
contributing an estimated 120 hours of manpower and more than
$10,000 toward helping Carousel Gardens recover from the effects
of what is considered the most active Atlantic hurricane season
in recorded history. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)
Nationwide Environmental Education Initiative Launched
Justin Lee age 10, a student at Silver Bluff Elementary School
shows off his Preying Mantis made out of recycled material during
Earth Day festivities on April 20, 2006 in Miami, Florida. Volunteers
from the Doubletree Hotel Coconut Grove taught more than 700
students how they can show they care about the environment, by
planting hundreds of crape myrtle tree seedlings in recyclable
milk cartons to re-plant in their neighborhoods later this spring.
This event launched the Doubletree Teaching Kids to CARE®
Spring Environmental Education Initiative.(Eliot J. Schechter/U.S.
Newswire)
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3/7/06. Kirby Puckett, Baseball Hall of Famer,
45, who helped lead the Minnesota Twins to World Series titles
in 1987 and 1991 has died from a stroke. An 10-time All-Star
and six-time Gold Glove Award winner, Puckett retired July 1996
after blurred vision from glaucoma. He was the third-youngest
living electee in baseball history to be elected to the National
Baseball Hall of Fame, behind Sandy Koufax and Lou Gehrig.
3/7/06 (Baghdad, Iraq). Four Christian peace
activists were kidnapped in Iraq more than three months ago on
November 26. Three of them have appeared on the network Al-Jazeera
in a 25-second video pleading for their home governments to secure
their release. They were seized by the Swords of Righteousness
Brigade, a group that has threatened to kill them if U.S.-held
Iraqi prisoners are not released.
Resources: CNN.com.
3/7/06 (Alexandria, Virginia). Prosecutor Robert Spencer,
in his opening statement to the death penalty phase of Zacarais
Moussaoui's trial, says that 3,000 lives could have been spared
had he not lied after his arrest a month before the September
11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Moussaoui's defense attorney and his mother believe he is being
used as a scapegoat to cover government intelligence blunders.
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