Veterans' dog tags still finding way home.(News)
Byline: Stacy St. Clair Daily Herald Staff Writer Once sold as souvenirs by a Vietnamese street vendor, the dog tags of four dead American soldiers are a step closer to coming home. A Wheaton couple sent registered letters to the four families of the GIs Wednesday, informing them that they found

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

MEET THE CHAIN GANG; (1) They used to be the preserve of the armed forces, but now even A-list stars won't leave home without a set of dog tags jangling around their neck (2) LOOK WHO'S GOT ONE TOO...DOG TAGS.
IT'S A DOG TAG'S LIFE- Although the concept of using dog tags to identify the dead in battle dates back to ancient Sparta, it was the American Civil War that made them a modern military item. While some soldiers pinned paper notes with their name and address to the backs of their coats,others went

Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)

Tiny 'tags' are telling stories.(THE HOME FORUM)
Byline: Sharon J. Huntington What if your gym shorts could tell your washing machine exactly how to clean them? Or if your refrigerator could say whether the milk has gone sour? These are details that an increasingly common technology may reveal someday. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), or

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

After three decades, soldier's dog tags come home
Jessica Liebman University Wire 02-24-2006 (Cornell Daily Sun) (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- "35 years is a long time to wait," said Franklin Crawford at a ceremony honoring his brother Douglas Crawford, a soldier who died in the Vietnam War on February 23, 1971. 35 years after Crawford's ID tags went

Publication: University Wire

Determining deterrence by studying shrinkage. (Home center Institute's study on how well electronic article surveillance tags guard against shoplifting) (Security Spotlight)
Electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags are a proven deterrent, but are they the best choice for high-theft, hard-to-label merchandise, such as tools? The Home Center Institute is sponsoring a nationwide study to find out how well source labeling--the process of placing EAS tags on merchandise

Publication: Security Management

Personalized dog tags offer soldiers a touch of home
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Teal(PHOTO - Color) Sandra Teal wants her creation to make its way into every care package sent to U.S. troops serving oversees. Teal started creating and selling her SoldierTags, personalized military-issued dog tags, in November

Publication: Post-Tribune (IN)