Panel OKs student tracking by Social Security number (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
AUGUSTA (AP) - A legislative committee has unanimously endorsed a proposal to allow Maine to track student progress by Social Security number.

Sullivan man accused of defrauding Social Security, VA (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA A Sullivan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury of defrauding the Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs of approximately $280,000. Robert J. Warren, 44, is tentatively scheduled to be tried in July. He was arrested Monday and appeared Tuesday in Urbana before U.S. Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal, who released Warren pending trial.

Ripoff: Social Security and California Teachers (NBC San Diego)
Over a million public employees in California who qualify for Social Security directly or indirectly through their spouses won t get the benefits when they retire. They include firefighters,...