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ChoicePoint Inc., a national provider of identification and credential verification services, said it will send an additional 110,000 statements to people informing them of possible identity theft after a group of well-organized criminals was able to obtain personal information on almost 140,000 consumers through the company. In 2006 ChoicePoint agreed to pay $15 million to settle FTC charges that consumer privacy rights were violated in the DB theft.
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An archaeology report by the Museum of New Mexico's Office of Archaeological Studies confirmed that a 600-year-old pueblo is buried under Santa Fe's City Hall, its convention center, the parking lot they share and nearby federal buildings.
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Researchers demonstrated a robot that used a “passive-dynamic design” to learn walking step by step like a toddler.
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Gene scientists published the 1st map of a common DNA variations.
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Dan O'Herlihy (85), Irish-born actor, died in Malibu, Calif.
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In Afghanistan a cold snap over the past month has claimed at least 267 lives and thousands more people were thought to be stranded in remote areas. Winter blizzards left over 1,000 children dead.
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In Brazil Pres. Da Silva signed decrees creating 2 new Amazon environmental protection areas in a region of Para state coveted by soy farmers and ranchers less than a week after an American nun was gunned down trying to protect the jungle from deforestation.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Sasha Pieterse, South African actress
1992 –
Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer
1991 –
Bonnie Wright, British actress
1988 –
Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
1986 –
Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1986 –
Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
1985 –
Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian skijumper
1985 –
Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
1984 –
AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1984 –
Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
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February, 17
- Births
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2009,
Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
2009,
Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
2008,
Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007,
Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
2007,
Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2007,
Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007,
Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
2006,
Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
2006,
Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
2005,
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
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February, 17
- Deaths
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