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US sends B-2s to South Korea for military drills
Posted 2:28 PM 3/28/2013 by AP MGN-Online
It's a message to North Korea -- and it's been delivered today by two American stealth bombers.
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IRS Releases the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2013
Posted 9:33 AM 3/26/2013 by MELISSA CANONE
The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud.
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Back Trekking
Posted 10:30 PM 3/25/2013 by Erin Steuber
The IRS owes you an apology, so says the agency itself, after it was revealed they spent $60,000 of taxpayer dollars on a video parody.
Congressman Charles Boustany demanded more information regarding two such videos, one based on the TV show 'Star Trek' which he characterizes as a (More) • Video (1)
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Ind. police: Child safe, bus slaying suspect dead
Posted 5:01 PM 3/20/2013 by The Associated Press
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed him during a police standoff. A police officer carried the child out of a house in Fort Wayne about 4:30 p.m. (More)
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Twinkies sale approved by judge
Posted 5:47 PM 3/19/2013 by AP
A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved the sale of Twinkies to a pair of investment firms, one of which has said it hopes to have the cakes back on shelves by summer.
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Clinton joins other Dems in backing gay marriage
Posted 4:41 PM 3/18/2013 by AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton's embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of late-to-the-party caution that hurt her first bid. Her chief Democratic rivals endorsed same-sex marriage as much as (More)
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Speeding Iowa dad ignores police with baby coming
Posted 12:50 PM 3/18/2013 by AP
An Iowa man who was pulled over for speeding as he tried to get his pregnant wife to the hospital says he was determined to keep going despite the blinking police lights behind him.
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As odds grow long, opponents move to stop pipeline
Posted 12:33 PM 3/18/2013 by AP
Now that a recent environmental report has cleared the way for a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a diverse band of activists is mustering a new effort to kill the project. The opponents hope to make a big showing at a public hearing on the pipeline in Nebraska this spring.
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Wildfire burns outside Great Smoky Mountains
Posted 10:55 AM 3/18/2013 by AP
A wildfire burning in a resort area outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee has destroyed more than 30 large rental cabins.
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Judge overturns Mo. law on birth control coverage
Posted 10:48 AM 3/18/2013 by AP
A federal judge has struck down a Missouri health insurance law because it conflicts with a federal mandate for insurers to cover birth control at no additional cost to women.
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Stocks fall Wall Street on Cyprus bailout
Posted 10:31 AM 3/18/2013 by AP
Stocks fell for a second day on Wall Street on concern that a proposed bank bailout for the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus could cause the euro crisis to flare up again.
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Pennsylvania Lacrosse Team Bus Crashes; Pregnant Coach Dies
Posted 9:30 PM 3/16/2013 by katc
A road trip by a college women's lacrosse team came to a horrifying end Saturday when the team bus veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crashed into a tree, killing a pregnant coach, her unborn child and the driver and injuring numerous others. Seton Hill University team players (More)
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New Iberia Makes CNN's America's Best Small Town Comeback List
Posted 6:03 PM 3/12/2013 by Chris Welty
Historic Downtown New Iberia is receiving national publicity after being named one of CNN's America's Best Small Town Comebacks.
The hustle and bustle of Downtown New Iberia is welcomed. In the early 80s, it was a different scene. The area lost many businesses after the oil bust.
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Earthquake shakes wide area of S. California
Posted 12:26 PM 3/11/2013 by AP
An earthquake has shaken a wide swath of Southern California but there's no word of any damage.
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Colo shooting suspect was hospitalized, restrained
Posted 4:38 PM 3/8/2013 by AP
A newly released court document says Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes was taken from jail to the psychiatric ward of a hospital in November because he was considered a danger to himself.
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Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR
Posted 9:39 AM 3/5/2013
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation. The harrowing 7-minute, 16-second call also raised concerns that (More)
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Fans Injured at Daytona NASCAR Race
Posted 5:15 PM 2/23/2013 by katc
Some NASCAR fans have been injured by flying debris from a final-lap accident during today's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence. The crash began as (More)
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Conn. mulls death certificate limits after Newtown
Posted 4:26 PM 2/22/2013 by AP
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A town clerk told Connecticut legislators Friday that she's been inundated with requests for copies of death certificates of Newtown school shooting victims and believes much of that information should not be released to the public.
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