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By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — If you’re rich, 2010 is a great year to die. This is the year that Congress has allowed the estate tax to lapse, enabling heirs to receive their windfalls without Uncle Sam taking a cut for the first time in nearly 100 years. A reminder came […]
Ten years ago, Jay Shafer downsized to an 89-square-foot house and reinvented both his lifestyle and career in the process. Video courtesy Yahoo! News
The older we get, the more attractive we become — to fraudsters. Preying on those breakdowns that come with age, from hearing loss to loneliness, criminals tailor special scams with seniors in mind. Financial crimes against the elderly are rampant. Bank accounts are being quietly wiped out. Afraid, betrayed, blaming themselves for being fooled — […]
An Ohio woman has admitted taking more than 2,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies but never paying for them. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office said that Donya R. Waits pleaded guilty last week to charges of theft. Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger said that Waits, 35, reported that her child had sold 2,359 boxes of Girl […]
Testing of BP’s newly capped Gulf of Mexico oil well has been extended for a further 24 hours. The US official in charge of the spill clean-up, Admiral Thad Allen, said the “integrity test” would not stop until Sunday afternoon. He added that when the test ceased, containment of the spill using surface ships […]
A former State Department analyst was sentenced to life in prison Friday for spying for Cuba for almost 30 years. His wife and partner in spying received a sentence of six years and nine months, but will get credit for more than a year already served. Kendall Myers, 73, pleaded guilty last November […]
Just when the city of Cleveland thought things couldn’t get any worse… Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Delonte West pleaded guilty to two weapons charges in Maryland, and was sentenced to eight months of home detention, two months of probation and 40 hours of community service. West had been charged with six weapons offenses and two […]
The “well integrity” test could end after six hours, if the results are disappointing. But it could go on for 48 hours. The longer it goes, the better indications are that the well is holding with a custom-made sealing cap. Full Story CNN.com Oil Spill News
While Dan Gilbert’s rage in Comic Sans didn’t do him any favors with David Stern, Jesse Jackson or Miami Heat superstars, it did win over some pretty important people — Cleveland Cavaliers fans. Distraught by the loss of their marquee player, Cavs fans embraced Gilbert’s guarantees and disgust with LeBron James(notes). Now they’re taking things […]
*In a 2009 video that has just recently surfaced, NBA legend Michael Jordan was asked to weigh in on the debate about the league’s current best player – Kobe Bryant or LeBron James? The Web site Ball Don’t Lie uncovered the clip, which was shot last year at one of Jordan’s basketball camps – before […]
Emotions are running high in New York city, over a proposal to build a mosque and Muslim community center just blocks from ground zero. The city’s landmarks preservation commission is deciding whether a century-old building in lower Manhattan is worth preserving. Tempers flared at a hearing yesterday. Should they allow a mosque to be built […]
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