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REAL ID required for under-50 by 2014

Within six years, an estimated 1.6 million Long Islanders -- along with tens of millions of Americans -- will need new driver's licenses that meet federal anti-fraud standards meant to deter terrorism, identity theft and illegal immigration, under final rules announced Friday in Washington.

People who were born after Dec. 1, 1964, will be the first whose licenses are to have enhanced security...

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