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IRS replaces official who supervised agents involved in targeting tea party groups
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups. A day after...Tags: Lawyers, Federal Election Commission, Danny Werfel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Washington, DC
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Balto. Co. Council approves $2.8 billion budget
Baltimore County Council members formally adopted a county budget Thursday that they say focuses on basic services while keeping the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th year in a row. The council unanimously approved County Executive Kevin...
Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Tom Quirk, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Catonsville
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To keep corporations here, fix the tax code
The report of Apple avoiding corporate income taxes the past four years signals it's time to overhaul the U.S. corporate tax code. Like many multinationals with strong intellectual property, Apple legally earns nearly all of its income offshore. The U....Tags: Barack Obama, Exxon Mobil Corporation, U.S. Congress, Politics, Credit and Debt
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Performances worthy of an audit
WASHINGTON — They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service. Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that targeted tea party and similar conservative groups for extra scrutiny, took the Fifth, when she appeared...Tags: Prosecution, Barack Obama, Witnesses, Stephen F. Lynch, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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St. Louis TV anchorman Larry Conners fired over Facebook post
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A veteran TV anchorman has been fired in the wake of comments he made on Facebook claiming "pressure" by the IRS following his 2012 interview with President Barack Obama. KMOV-TV announced the firing of Larry Conners on its website...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Media Industry, Barack Obama, Social Media
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
With warnings about continued threats to US, Obama seeks to open secretive terror policies WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid lingering concerns about his national security policies, President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Media Industry, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boy Scouts of America, Primaries
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...Tags: Elections, Pension and Welfare, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Elections, Social Services
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Editorial: IRS stonewalling makes the case for a special prosecutor
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Department of Justice, Prosecution, Stephen F. Lynch, Lawyers
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Local enterprise zones at risk
Staff WriterGov. Jerry Brown is once again pushing to do away with enterprise zones and their tax break benefits, a move that the local enterprise zone manager says would severely hinder the Valley’s capacity to entice businesses. And while Imperial Valley...Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Executive Branch, Credit and Debt, Government
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Letters to the editor: Obesity, scandals, and McCartney
I am a retired physical-education teacher who worked with students from kindergarten through eighth grade. A majority of my students could not do one pull-up. I tried to be creative and make exercising fun, for which I had a fair amount of success. I am...Tags: Elections, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Central Intelligence Agency, Services and Shopping, Powerball Lottery
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Solyndra LLC, Prosecution, Barack Obama, Witnesses, White House
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City spending board approves another property tax break
Baltimore's spending board voted Wednesday to approve another property tax break for city homeowners, part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to cut property taxes by 22 percent over 10 years. The tax credit approved by the Board of Estimates would...
Tags: Rentals, Politics, Credit and Debt, Economy, Business and Finance, Accounting and Auditing
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