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The Albuquerque City Council will discuss and possibly vote on a piece of legislation that aims to further regulate pawn shops. If the ordinance passes, pawnbrokers or precious metal buyers would have to pay $500 every year for a permit. Without it, they could be charged with a misdemeanor and would have to pay a fine.

The New York Times
Read this "how to" on the pawn business and how shop owners make their money.

Lincoln Journal Star
Sonya Sanchez, 18, and a 16-year-old male, both of Kearney, crashed Sanchez's red sedan into the glass storefront of Express Pawn, 1921 O Street.

Fox 29
Investigators from the state attorney general's office executed search warrants last week in Folcroft, Pa., looking for evidence in a wide-sweeping, multi-million dollar scheme involving local pawn shops.

The Wall Street Journal
No one intended for the Social Security number to become the cornerstone of Americans’ financial lives. But it has, and the Equifax hack has shown how ill-suited the nine-digit figure is to this role.

NWF Daily News
It’s been 21 years since Chris Cartenuto last saw his high school ring at a Valparaiso church social in 1996.

10wavy.com
Authorities are looking for two suspects following a burglary in Hampton, Va., at The Money Clip pawn shop on the 1500 block of East Pembroke Avenue. If you know anything about this incident, please call the Hampton Police Division at 757-727-6111 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

Earn the Necklace.com
Is “The Old Man” on Pawn Stars still alive? That’s the question people have been asking for a while, after noticing his absence. Read more to find out how the hoax became "fake news."