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The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Department investigators said Thursday.
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Full length trailer for the new 007 film, Skyfall.
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After lampooning Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer last week for getting his facts wrong on the controversy surrounding the Winston Churchill bust at the White House, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer has apologized. On Friday, Pfeiffer slammed Krauthammer for repeating “this ridiculous claim†that…
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www.funny.sgMayor Mike Bloomberg’s nanny-state has officially made the jump from figurative to literal — the mayor now actually wants to play nanny (sigh).Starting September 3, the city will encourag
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BOOK: Obama canceled bin Laden raid 3 times — on advice of Valerie Jarrett!
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The Senate passed a bill to extend tax cuts for the middle class. The Republican-controlled House will undoubtedly kill it because it does not benefit the wealthy.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/opinion/who-deserves-a-tax-break.html
nathanjurgenson: w/ census API, will there be lots of new tools for researchers to visualize & manipulate the data? http://t.co/Nntts8rt
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NYT: WARNER BROS. and Its Decades of Violent Films…
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Columnist Teri Agins answers a reader’s question on skirt lengths that are best for “cankles.”
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DENVER – Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theatre shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous medical bills without the benefit of health insurance.
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