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Macy's Celebrates Milestone 150th Birthday on October 28, 2008: Month-Long Celebration Includes National Rollout of Signature Fashion Show, New Orleans Store Openings, a Customer Shopping Event and a Fashion Industry Gala NEW YORK -- Macy's (NYSE:M) is celebrating an epic milestone this month as the famous retailer marks its 150th birthday on October 28. A local retail store...; Tags: Branding, celebrity, Macy, MARKETING, NBC Universal Inc., Passport, Retail; Research articles 2008-10-06
Nedney's always facing former teams: SANTA CLARA -- Joe Nedney faces one of his former teams this week. Of course he does. The 49ers kicker faced an ex-team last week, too, and will get another in the 49ers' regular-season opener. For Nedney, football season is the "Ex Games." He...; Tags: CAREER, NFL, passport, team; Research articles 2008-08-14
Oxygen masks faulted on Australian jet: reports: SYDNEY AFP — Oxygen masks failed to work properly when a Qantas jumbo jet plunged thousands of metres after a hole appeared in the side of the plane in mid-air, passengers said in reports published Sunday. Some said they were forced to share a mask when the Qantas Boeing...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Manufacturing, Oxygen, passport, Qantas Airways Ltd.; Research articles 2008-07-26
Passport snooping likely is widespread: WASHINGTON -- An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed. It urges new steps to secure the files. A report from the department's inspector general released Thursday said a survey of the...; Tags: Government, Hacking, passport, SECURITY, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-07-04
Vasarely's daughter-in-law surrenders passport in art theft case: CHICAGO AFP — The daughter-in-law of op art pioneer Viktor Vasarely surrendered her French passport Friday after being accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in art work from a storage facility in Chicago. Michele Taburno-Vasarely insists that the paintings she tried to take actually belong to her...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Chicago, HARDWARE, passport, prosecutor, Storage; Research articles 2008-06-27

'Passports' expected to boost tourism in Utah Valley: PROVO -- Joel Racker says he knows locals are paying attention to the Adventure Passport booklets the Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau give away. He sees them sitting on the dashboards of cars when he's out shopping. Last year 11,000 coupons were redeemed at just one store....; Tags: booklet, Brigham Young University, bureau, E-mail, passport; Research articles 2008-06-14
UCI officially adopt biological passport into rulebook: PARIS AFP — The International Cycling Union UCI on Friday said the biological passport system to check cyclists' blood-levels will be formally introduced into its anti-doping rulebook next season. The system, which records and charts blood and urine levels, is seen as a new and effective weapon in the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, passport; Research articles 2008-06-13
Austria reimposes border checks for Euro 2008: VIENNA AFP — Austria on Monday reimposed frontier controls as part of a major security operation for the European football championships which start this week. About 2,000 Austrian police and 143 foreign police were to carry out border checks until July 1, Interior Minister Gunther Platter said. Austria...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Austria, passport, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-06-02
Travellers to be screened by facial technology at British airports: LONDON AFP — European air travellers to Britain will be screened with automatic facial recognition technology from this summer in a bid to tighten security and ease congestion, the government said Friday. Citizens of Britain and all European Economic Area countries will pass through unmanned clearance gates which will...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, Government, ministry, passport; Research articles 2008-04-24
Swiss luxury watchmaker turns to banknote technology to stop counterfeits: GENEVA, April 9, 2008 AFP — Luxury watch brand Vacheron Constantin said Wednesday it had turned to security features more commonly used in bank notes and passports in its fight against counterfeiting. At the annual exhibition of luxury watch brands in Geneva, the brand said it called on banknote...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, brand, Branding, Geneva, MARKETING, passport, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-04-09
Breach of Obama passport file launches State Dept. probe: On three different dates, three different contract employees working in three separate locations accessed passport records of Sen. Barack Obama without a need to do so, the U.S. State Department recently revealed. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice personally called Obama to apologize, and to let him know that she...; Tags: Hacking, passport, SECURITY, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-04-07
Al Qaeda drive to recruit Westerners worries US: WASHINGTON AFP — Attempts by Al-Qaeda to recruit Westerners has sparked deep concerns among US national security experts, who fear the country could be infiltrated by attackers with Caucasian looks and European or North American identification. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller told a congressional hearing Tuesday that...; Tags: Al-Qaeda, director, passport, recruiting, training, Washington; Research articles 2008-04-05
Commentary: A little planning makes travel much easier: I'm a little frazzled, apprehensive, nervous, tired, overwhelmed and excited. Winter is gone. Spring is officially here, and I am preparing for a 10-day tour of Israel. As I write this, I will leave in two days and hope and pray that I have...; Tags: FINANCE, Insurance, INTERNET, passport, U.S., U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-04-03
Commentary: A little planning makes travel much easier: I'm a little frazzled, apprehensive, nervous, tired, overwhelmed and excited. Winter is gone. Spring is officially here, and I am preparing for a 10-day tour of Israel. As I write this, I will leave in two days and hope and pray that I have...; Tags: FINANCE, Insurance, INTERNET, passport, U.S., U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-04-03
Going fishing? Pack your passport: Rick Ungar's charter fishing service promises a great time on Lake Erie. But there's a catch -- and it's not freshwater fish. It's the Homeland Security Department's new anti-terrorism rules. When the 2008 charter season begins next month, U.S. citizens paying to fish on Lake Erie...; Tags: Government, officer, passport, SOFTWARE, U.S., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, videophone; Research articles 2008-03-27
Are your private files really private?: WASHINGTON -- Struggling with a deluge in passport applications, the State Department did what much of the government does to deal with a manpower crunch: It hired more private contractors. The practice of outsourcing allowed hired hands to snoop around in presidential candidates' files. And now it's...; Tags: Government, passport, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-03-25
Passport breach involves all White House hopefuls: WASHINGTON -- The State Department, in an embarrassing revelation, said Friday that it was investigating several incidents in which an employee and several contract workers peered into the passport files of all three presidential contenders. While officials said they thought the actions were garden- variety snooping by idle...; Tags: Government, Obama, passport, SECURITY, U.S. Department of State, White House; Research articles 2008-03-22
Americans at Games may be watched: WASHINGTON -- The State Department is advising Americans planning to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing to take care and be mindful that they could be under surveillance. "All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on- site or remote technical monitoring at all times,"...; Tags: China, game, passport, SECURITY, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-03-21
State Dept. contractors peek at Obama file: The State Department said Thursday that it fired two people and disciplined a third for inappropriately looking at the passport file of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said there were three instances in which contract employees at the State Department looked...; Tags: passport, SECURITY, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-03-21
Foreign Affairs Committee to Investigate Passport Snooping Case: To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Lynne Weil of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, +1- 202-225-5021 Berman Notes Abuse of Government Power for Any Reason is Unacceptable VAN NUYS, Calif., March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement...; Tags: CAREER, Government, passport, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-03-21