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2013/05/24 16:25

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Here’s why the IRS scandal has legs - “Horrible c...

... customer service.” That’s what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim...

2013/05/24 16:25

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2013/05/24 14:27

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Philip Maddocks: I.R.S. forms 501(c)(666) as war ...

Acknowledging that ineffective management and the failure to stop employees from singling out particular groups for added scrutiny may not be enough to win its war against conservatives, the Internal...

2013/05/24 13:48

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Tea party storm largely inside IRS

More than 11 hours of testimony and an inspector general's report have revealed plenty of wrongdoing within the IRS. But so far, investigators have not produced evidence that anyone outside the IRS...

2013/05/24 12:07

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Applications for unemployment aid fall to 340K

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.The less volatile four-week...

2013/05/24 10:51

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CNN Washington AM Note

NATIONAL STORIES: The bright green suits of scuba divers on board a speedboat pierced the dusk, as they perused a mangle of steel girders of a section of bridge that lay collapsed in the waters of a...

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2013/05/24 09:05

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Alabama congressman stepping down for university ...

Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Alabama, will resign his seat to take a job with the University of Alabama system, he said in a statement Thursday to CNN affiliate WPMI. He will serve out the summer and step down...

2013/05/24 04:48

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Why worry? Less aid by Federal Reserve would poin...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many expected. Yet almost lost in the anxiety that gripped...

2013/05/24 02:19

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Lois Lerner put on administrative leave by IRS

Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill. (J. Scott Applewhite “My understanding is the new acting IRS commissioner asked for Ms. Lerner’s resignation, and she refused to resign,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)...

2013/05/24 00:33

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IRS replaces head of division that targeted conse...

WASHINGTON -- Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, was replaced by the agency's acting commissioner on Thursday, a day after she insisted...

2013/05/23 23:11

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Stock shock across globe

May 23: The markets wobbled worldwide after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appeared to hint late Wednesday that the Fed might start slowing down bond purchases by September signalling the end...

2013/05/23 22:34

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Family of Slain ICE Special Agent File Wrongful D...

BROWNSVILLE - The family of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata had another setback in their search for answers about his death. The president yesterday withheld documents that could reveal what...

2013/05/23 22:19

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Lois Lerner put on administrative leave by IRS

Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill. (J. Scott Applewhite Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel has selected Ken Corbin as the acting director, of the exempt organizations division. Corbin is currently the...

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