The Better Business Bureau wants consumers to know that most identity thefts take place offline.

When the identity of the thief is known, it is more likely to be a relatives. Low-tech methods of stealing identity such as lost or stolen wallet/checkbook/credit card or stolen mail/fraudulent change of address are still the most popular for identity thieves.

Stolen wallets and physical documents accounted for 43 percent of all identity theft, while online methods accounted for only 11 percent.


According to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of the latest data from the August Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, there are now 6.3 workers for every available job opening, an increase from 6.0 in July.

EPI economist Heidi Shierholz points out that the number of job seekers per job continues to rise even though there is some slowdown in job loss.

"It is getting harder every month to find a job as more people continue to become unemployed and openings for new jobs continue to drop," she said.


Qwest will discontinue all Qwest Wireless service on Oct. 31, 2009; there is no early termination fee.

Qwest Wireless phone numbers are portable. Customers who switch to a new service provider, prior to Oct. 31, will be able to transfer their wireless phone number to the new service provider.

For more information about switching from Qwest Wireless service, visit www.qwest.com/VZWmigration/faq.html or call 1-888-879-0611.


Spears Architects Inc. of Santa Fe recently won two American Institute of Architects New Mexico 2009 Merit Awards. This biennial awards program encourages and recognizes distinguished architectural achievement by New Mexico architects.

The projects acknowledged by Spears Architects Inc. were the Rio Grande School Administration and Classroom Building and the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center, both in Santa Fe.

Atkin Olshin Schade Architects was the only other Santa Fe firm given an American Institute of Architects New Mexico 2009 Special Recognition Award for their Rail Corridor Study for the city of Santa Fe.