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Ten years after Iraq war began, Iran reaps the gains
BAGHDAD — Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the geopolitical winner of the war appears to be their common enemy: Iran. American military forces are long gone, and Iraqi officials say Washington's...Tags: U.S. Military, Tehran (Iran), John Kerry, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions
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2/21/2013-Get Serious About Gun Control
Here's an update on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There isn't one. Well, there is one, but Congress has stripped it of a leader, cut down on the number of agents and choked its budget to the point where it's almost impossible to do its job....
Tags: Politics, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Michigan residents see big tax increases
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In the height of tax season, don't be surprised if you owe more to the taxman in Lansing. Some major income tax changes approved 21 months ago by Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers are just now starting to hit Michigan taxpayers...
Tags: Republican Party, Taxation, Government, Executive Branch, Interior Policy
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Peter P. Belz Jr., Treasury Department officer
Peter P. Belz Jr., a retired U.S. Treasury Department appeals officer, died March 14 of pancreatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 71.
The son of a die maker and a homemaker, Peter Paul Belz Jr. was born in Baltimore and raised on...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Hampden, Pancreatic Cancer, Super Bowl XLVII, Internal Revenue Service
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A Feminist Looks Down From The Penthouse
The Hartford CourantA new book suggests that ambitious women should "lean in" to achieve success. What do we mean by "an ambitious woman"? What defines "achieving success"? Most important, what is "a new book"? OK, I know the answer to that one: A new book is where we...Tags: Culture, Feminism, Mark Zuckerberg, Google Inc., Cultural Development
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US citing security to censor more public records
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government, led by the Pentagon and CIA, censored in the name of national security files that the public requested last year under the Freedom of Information Act more often than at any time since President Barack Obama...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Business, U.S. Department of State, Science, Lawyers
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How companies can make sure their payroll service provider is paying their taxes
Many Maryland businesses rely on a payroll service provider to handle their tax withholdings, but they still need to make sure the Internal Revenue Service gets its due. That fact became evident in recent days, following allegations that a Bel Air...
Tags: Taxation, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Rod J. Rosenstein, Government
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The Fed's gold is good -- now sell it!
So there really is gold in them thar Federal Reserve banks. Seems the Treasury Department conducted its first-ever audit of U.S. gold on deposit at Federal Reserve banks in New York and elsewhere last year, and lo and behold, the auditors, well,...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Elections, Politics, Manhattan (New York City), Ron Paul
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Switch to electronic federal benefit payments
Brookings - If you still receive a paper check for your Social Security or other federal benefit payments, you are required by law to switch to an electronic payment option by March 1, 2013. It's fast, free and easy to sign up for direct deposit or...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Federal Reserve, Social Security, Politics, Electronics
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News of the Weird: Sacred Silence
Officials at England's 12th-century St. Peter's Church in Seaford, East Sussex, which is renowned for its eerie quiet, created a 30-minute CD recently of near-total silence, first as a small-scale fundraising project, but later for general sales (since...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Iceland, Government Health Care, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Treasury starts selling remaining General Motors stock
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department has begun selling the rest of its stake in General Motors Co. as the government tries to end its bailout of the automaker in a little more than a year. Last month, the Treasury sold about $156.4 million worth of its...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Federal Bailout Funds, Automotive Equipment
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Depression-era artwork returning to public display
For 38 years, a 6-foot-by-20-foot mural sat rolled up in a local history teacher's home, an all-but-forgotten remnant of a Depression-era effort to bring art directly to the people. But a four-year community fundraising campaign and a yearlong...
Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Chicago Loop, Artists, Arts and Culture, Uptown
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