Tips To Stay Fit On The Beach This Summer Jul 3, 2009
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Police: S.C. Gov. Sanford Didn't Break Law Jul 3, 2009
from Cheers, did he really do Kirsty Alley and Shelly Long in a 3-way or 4-way with Frasier ... If the leader of the free world & president of the most powerful country on the planet can't get a little sumpin sumpin on the side, why run in the first place. (CBS News)
Mom of 2 Jackson Kids Weighs Custody Fight Jul 3, 2009
It would really have been the perfect story if Michael biologically fathered kids with his first wife Lisa Marie Presley (Elvis' daughter) ... She may have been a fool to get hooked up with that family in the first place, but she would have been an even bigger fool to think that she could stand up to them ... You know, my first thought was "Can anyone spell "MONEY"? but after reading about how dyfunctional this family is, I began to wonder if Debbie Rowe just figured it was too much of a uphill... (CBS News)
Japan Royal Couple Head To Canada, Hawaii Jul 3, 2009
There had been speculation in the Japanese media that they might go to Pearl Harbor, which would have been the first visit by a member of the Imperial Family to the scene of Japan's 1941 surprise attack ... Akihito's previous trip to Canada was in 1953, a year after Japan and Canada signed the peace treaty ending World War II hostility and the first time he ever traveled abroad ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- World)
Imelda Marcos Sure She'll Beat Corruption Charges Jul 3, 2009
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, notorious for her vast shoe collection and unabashed opulence in her days in power, used the celebration late Thursday to express confidence she would defeat the last remaining corruption cases against her ... Marcos will forever be remembered for the dazzling jewels and 1,220 pairs of shoes she left behind in the presidential palace after the "people power" revolt that toppled Marcos' authoritarian regime in 1986 and forced them into exile in Hawaii... (CBS News -- World)
World Health Officials Tackle Swine Flu Challenges Jul 3, 2009
Argentina, meanwhile, has 1,587 cases and now ranks first in South America with 26 deaths and third behind Mexico and the United States ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- World)
Click to read: Travel Gear for Your Pet Jul 3, 2009
Travel Gear for Your Pet - The Early Show - CBS News. We've updated CBSNews. (CBS News -- Early Show)
White House: VP Biden Has Traveled To Iraq Jul 3, 2009
It's his first trip to Iraq as vice president ... Then it's on to Syria, where he can be a hostage until the Syrian First Lady returns to Damascus ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- World)
Puzzled By Your Pooch? Jul 3, 2009
Puzzled By Your Pooch. - The Early Show - CBS News. (CBS News -- Early Show)
N. Korea Test-Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles Jul 3, 2009
"If Pyongyang is attempting to decrease recent tensions, the real test will be if negotiations can get North Korea back to the Six-Party Talks," CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst Pamela Falk said ... (AP ) The North Korean ship is the first vessel monitored under the new U.N. sanctions that seek to clamp down on Pyongyang's trading of banned arms and weapons-related material by requiring U.N. member states to request inspections of ships suspected of carrying prohibited cargo ... First you make a... (CBS News -- World)
Washington Post Cancels Lobbyist Event Jul 3, 2009
Earlier this morning, Brauchili said in a staffwide e-mail that the newsroom would not participate in the first of the planned events - a dinner scheduled July 21 at the home of Katharine Weymouth ... The first "Salon"was titled "Health-Care Reform: Better or Worse for Americans? The reform and funding debate." ... by usafirst1 July 2, 2009 12:30 PM PDT. (CBS News)
It's All in the Family for Wimbledon Final Jul 3, 2009
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ... (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ... Venus is bidding to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win Wimbledon three years in a row. (CBS News)
FBI Notes: Iran Was Saddam's Biggest Fear Jul 3, 2009
"Oh, what a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practice to deceive" ... I don't know if we will ever see our government thrown our former heads of state under the bus without a revolution first ... If nobody hears it the first time you might have to say it again until americans finally get it. (CBS News -- World)
Fast-Tracking High-Speed Rail Funds Jul 3, 2009
The FRA said it intends to release the first round of grants by mid-September ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
White House Garden Tests Positive For Lead Jul 3, 2009
First lady Michelle Obama planted the garden on the South Lawn this spring with local schoolchildren ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Click to read:Push In S. Afghanistan Sends a Message Jul 3, 2009
(CBS) It's the first big test of President Obama's new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan ... is as much a statement as it is an operation, reports CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan ... And the message is clear: 4,000 Marines surging forward into the Helmand Valley - the first major assault under Mr. Obama's strategy to turn the tide in Afghanistan. (CBS News)
Police Seeking Record Aid to Avoid Layoffs Jul 3, 2009
The first award announcements are expected this month ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Wicked Local Cambridge reports Jul 3, 2009
IRS: Staffer funneled $450K from Cambridge company - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge TAB ... IRS: Staffer funneled $450K from Cambridge company ... According to an IRS press release, Abusheery s indictment further alleges that he arranged to have certain bonuses paid to him in January 2006 and in January 2007 wire transferred directly to his personal bank account, bypassing the Carpenter & Company payroll system. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Scribner Preparing Information for Pension Talks Jul 3, 2009
and he also explained this week why he has been paying personal situation why he has been paying back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Board of Selectmen have discussed over the last two weeks the possibility of expanding the town's Pension Committee, which comprises of the treasurer, who is elected every four years, and the municipal controller, who is appointed. (Brookfield Journal, CT)
Kennedy Health Plan Calls for Government Insurance Option, Employer Fees Jul 3, 2009
The Internal Revenue Service would impose penalties on those who dont have health insurance, though individuals with incomes below 150 percent of the federal poverty level would be exempt, the analysis said. Insurers would be required to cover all applicants, and couldnt limit coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. (Bloomberg -- US)
U.N. Chief In Myanmar to Lobby for Suu Kyi Jul 3, 2009
If Ban is allowed to meet with Suu Kyi, he will be the first U.N. secretary-general to do so since her first period of detention started in 1989 ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Jackson's Hospital Has "Raised the Dead" Jul 3, 2009
Use of a heart-lung machine to keep blood and oxygen moving through the body while doctors remedy what caused the heart to quiver or stop in the first place, such as a drug overdose or a clogged artery ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Health)
Arms And Shoulders Ache? Exercise Jul 3, 2009
Some computer keyboards and chairs are designed with proper ergonomics in mind ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Health)
Exercise Helps Treat Depression Jul 3, 2009
She also lost 25 pounds when she first started running - a big boost to her self-esteem ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Health)
Breaking It Off With Your Doc Jul 3, 2009
As a practicing physician, I'm the first to admit that no doctor is perfect, especially me ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Health)
Exercise In A Pill? Jul 3, 2009
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Federal Court Acts to Stop Alleged $30 Million Scam Involving Tax Credits Based on Fictitious Methane Production at Landfills Jul 3, 2009
The injunction orders also bar the eight men from interfering with or obstructing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of scheme participants. In addition, Calvert is permanently barred from preparing federal tax returns for others or representing anyone in a matter before the IRS.. (PR Newswire)
Read the story Jul 3, 2009
"Well, for the first time we can now have billions of these cells to study in the laboratory and ask why it is that they get sick," says Dr. Kevin Eggan of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Market Tough for Older Workers Post-Layoff Jul 3, 2009
The first, which you cannot do anything about, basically means that you have a lot of qualifications but you have been unable to convince the interviewer that you could do the work ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Stephen Hawking Expected To Beat Infection Jul 3, 2009
"A complete, consistent unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence," he wrote in his best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," published in 1988 ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Bridge open just in time for rodeo Jul 3, 2009
Tommy Lipari of New Iberia announced at Wednesday nights Hawg Fight in the Atchafalaya Basin that bass anglers who fish the IRs tournament will get 20 points for the standings on the Hawg Fight circuit ... For the first time ever, kayaking enthusiasts can cast for cash on the second day of the fishing rodeo starting at safe daylight and ending at 3 p.m. The competition was dreamed up by kayaker Pierre Escuriex of New Iberia, who manages the Web site. (New Iberia, LA)
Health care is doomed Jul 3, 2009
For a system that will be run with the same efficiency and speed as the Internal Revenue Service, it should come as no surprise that we are doomed if this will in fact become reality. Sen. (New Iberia, LA)
GUEST COLUMN: Be wary of stimulus check scams Jul 3, 2009
To file a complaint about frauds, go to the FTC s Web site, or email your complaint to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at phishing@irs. gov. E-mail scams referred to as phishing seek personal data and financial information that enables another party to access your bank account or to engage in identity theft. (Easton Journal, MA)
Does Race Play a Role in Coverage? Jul 3, 2009
Washington Post: Black Reporters on the Beat of Michelle Obama Write Mostly With Enthusiasm and Admiration For First Lady ... But when Samuels says the first lady, unlike such celebrities as Be 00004000 yonc and Halle Berry, is "a very dark brown" whose beauty should be "celebrated," it's hard to imagine a white journalist making that observation ... A look at her first few weeks in the White House. (CBS News -- Politics)
Ken Van Doren: Hope for America Jul 3, 2009
President Barack Obama and company attempt to use the power of government to undercut the rights of their opponents, even threatening harassment by the IRS and other federal agencies ... First, we see a rising opposition in the tea parties. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
"Angry" S.C. 1st Lady: I May Forgive Him Jul 3, 2009
(AP) South Carolina's first lad 00004000 y says Gov. Mark Sanford's actions are "inexcusable" but she is willing to forgive him. Jenny Sanford on Thursday made her first public statement since her husband revealed in Associated Press interviews that he believes his Argentine mistress is his soul mate but he is trying to fall back in love with his wife ... The first lady says Mark Sanford must regain the trust of his family and the people of South Carolina, but she makes no guarantee he will be... (CBS News -- Politics)
Geneva Sees Opportunity in Bern's Predicament of Conceding on Bank Secrecy Jul 3, 2009
In March, a month after UBS paid $780 million to the U.S. government to defer criminal charges that it facilitated tax fraud, Swiss President and Finance Minister announced Swiss banks would, for the first time, cooperate with foreign governments looking for tax evaders, if specific information is presented showing theyre using a Swiss account for that purpose ... Bankers say there should be no automatic exchange of information, which they say is what the IRS is demanding ...... (Bloomberg)
GOP's Unlucky Class of '94 Jul 3, 2009
In the 14 years since that star-crossed class arrived in Washington espousing an agenda that placed family values at its core, no less than a dozen of its members have been caught up in affairs, sex scandals or in messy separations and divorces from their spouses that, in more than a few instances, led to their political downfalls. The problems started almost as soon as they took office, and by the end of their first year in Congress, the marriages of at least four Republican freshmen had... (CBS News -- Politics)
Washington Post Offers To Sell Access Jul 3, 2009
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and - at first - even the papers own reporters and editors ... " With the newsroom in an uproar after POLITICO reported the solicitation, Executive Editor MarcusBrauchli said in a staffwide e-mail that the newsroom would not participate in the first of the planned events - a dinner... (CBS News -- Politics)
Jackson, Drugs and a Growing U.S. Trend Jul 3, 2009
At first you think you are just being critcal, then you begin realizing these patients ARE abusing ... Apparently they are unable to comprehend the first rule of the Hippocratic oath ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Jackson Had Ton of Unreleased Recordings Jul 3, 2009
"People will be hearing a lot of that unreleased material for the first time ever. There's just some genius and brilliance in there.". The releases, Mottola said, "could go on for years and years - even more than Elvis.". (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Eldest Jonas Brother Engaged Jul 3, 2009
Kevin Jonas First of the Group Ready to Shed Purity Ring As He Proposes to His 22-Year-Old Girlfriend ... Their engagement was first ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Lawyer helps navigate home-loan program Jul 3, 2009
She said in some cases, the Internal Revenue Service could view the amount of money reduced on a mortgage as income. So a homeowner with a $50,000 reduction under the program could wind up with that amount in extra taxable income next spring. (AZCentral -- Business)
Judge May Throw Out MySpace Mom Conviction Jul 3, 2009
Much attention has been paid to Drew's case, primarily because it was the nation's first cyberbullying trial ... After all, this was the first case of it's kind and in retrospect the woman was silly but was just being mean ... First the firefighters in Ricci, and now this. (CBS News)
New Progress Against ALS Jul 3, 2009
"Well, for the first time we can now have billions of these cells to study in the laboratory and ask why it is that they get sick," says Dr. Kevin Eggan of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Click to read:Feds Seize Madoff Penthouse, Wife Evicted Jul 3, 2009
When the IRS cleared out my checking account, they didn't one cent in it ... Working with the very rich I have come to the conclusion that the wives of wealthy men very rarely know ANYTHING about their husband's affairs regardless of how long they have been married ... IRS cleans out your accounts in banks and leaves zero. (CBS News)
Honduras' Interim Leader Blames Chavez Jul 3, 2009
Although Mr. Chavez has been already president for 11 years, the only thing Mr. Obama told Chavez was to promise to the South American despot that he was not going to interfere in the Venezuelan affairs ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
How To Buy Private Stock Like Facebook Jul 3, 2009
First, he says, it connects buyers and sellers ... So if you're sitting on a few thousand shares of beached stock at a biggish private company, and baby needs a few thousand new pairs of shoes, Sharespost might be able to help you out ... First, he said, the analyst reports help people agree on a fair value. (CBS News)
Mark Sanford's Political Obituary Jul 3, 2009
At first, it looked like the governor's recent "disappearance" was yet another in his long resume of zany but harmless capers ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Air France Jet Not Destroyed In Air Jul 3, 2009
Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident ... The BEA released its first preliminary findings on the crash Thursday, calling it one of history's most challenging plane crash investigations ... Analysis of the 600-odd pieces of the jet that have been recovered indicate the... (CBS News)
Dour Job Report Sends Stocks Lower Jul 3, 2009
First in proportion to the certainty that he would be elected, then the collapse as he was elected ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Source: Rockets Agree On Multiyear Deal With Ariza Jul 3, 2009
The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because NBA rules prohibit announcing free-agent deals until next week, said the Rockets offered Ariza the full mid-level exception for the first year, about $5 ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Comoros Crash Spotlights 3rd-world Air Travel Risk Jul 3, 2009
(AP) First there was smoke, then flames burst out of the aircraft engine ... He then stood at the foot of the aircraft stairs with guards to prevent the overload from getting onto the plane ... I was as badly behaved as anyone, swinging my hefty hand luggage to make a path to the stairs. (CBS News -- World)
Hecker's finances detailed in court filing Jul 3, 2009
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Teacher Gives Sex Tape to 5th Graders Jul 3, 2009
" So does that mean that it was on more than one? Was it on all of them? I agree with rafterman1, I do not see how this could happen by mistake. And if I were to make a DVD for anyone, I would view it first before giving it to them. by Newster1 July 2, 2009 12:02 PM PDT LOL now that's funny as all get out!!!!! by easeup-2009 July 2, 2009 12:06 PM PDT Just imagine all the questions....."But Daddy won't that make the baby be born out of her mouth. " by erasmus111 July 2, 2009 12:18 PM PDT by... (CBS News)
GOP Loses Jewish Representation in Senate Jul 2, 2009
Coleman's Departure, Specter Switch Leaves Republicans without Jewish Senator for First Time in 50 Years ... (AP) The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves U.S. Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- Politics)
Nepal Landslide Buries Homes, Villages Killing 9 Jul 2, 2009
The landslide deaths were the first reported since the beginning of the monsoon season this week, which has started several weeks later than usual ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations ... Marines Say They Will Secure Towns From Taliban And Intend To Stay; First Operation In South Since Obama Buildup. (CBS News -- World)
Have We Forgotten Iraq? Jul 2, 2009
The fact that yesterday's deadline passed with so little public comment does not negate the fact that it represents the first big test for Obama's policy ... Both countries can celebrate when we are gone and they are handling their own affairs ... Anyone who thinks the pages of History will say, "Well it's okay that Bush/Cheney did what they did because Congress voted to allow them. That's INSANE!! by iam4honesty July 1, 2009 1:12 PM PDT nottrue, Were you in a coma six years ago? It is common... (CBS News -- Politics)
Click to read:Marines Kick Off Major Afghan Operation Jul 2, 2009
(CBS/AP) Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops poured into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with armor and helicopters Thursday in the first major operation under President Obama's strategy to stabilize the country ... "This is the start of the first big counter-insurgency operation launched by the Marines since they went into the south as part of the buildup ordered by President Obama," said ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To... (CBS News)
Track coach Trevor Graham expected to be charged with obstructing steroid probe - USATODAY.com Jul 2, 2009
Prosecutor stepping down. Track coach Trevor Graham expected to be charged with obstructing steroid probe. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Is Twitter the Face of 21st Century News? Jul 2, 2009
(AP) Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought and later pronounced dead ... And when the US Airways jetliner crashed into New York's Hudson River, Twitter was among the first places photos of the landing were linked ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Construction Spending Tumbles in May Jul 2, 2009
A collapse in the housing market and the worst financial crisis in seven decades have hurt construction firms and helped push the country into the longest recession since World War II. Builders slashed spending on residential projects at the steepest pace in the first three months of this year since the spring of 1980 ... 5 percent in the first quarter after a 6 ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News)
Open Bar For State Of Utah Jul 2, 2009
In Salt Lake City, two days of 16-bar pub crawls were planned to celebrate the novelty of being allowed into a bar without having to pay first ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations ... Marines Say They Will Secure Towns From Taliban And Intend To Stay; First Operation In South Since Obama Buildup. (CBS News)
Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Rape of Boy Jul 2, 2009
Lots of men hear that evryday, than they go out and marry the first skirt they see ... I dated many American women and invariably one of the first questions out of their mouths is a query to establish a man's income ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations. (CBS News -- US)
DEA Joins Jackson Death Investigation Jul 2, 2009
But I guess the reality of all the click-thrus to the MJ stories on the media websites, plus the global outpouring of grief and memoirs and personal anecdotes have made the media realize that he was INDEED the King of Pop. Which is a bit weird because many ordinary people in the world knew it, but it took his death and the resultant GLOBAL attention and outpouring for the media to ACKNOWLEDGE it ... As IRS Hunt For Tax Evaders Heats Up, Swiss Institutions Want To Avoid Investigations ... Marines... (CBS News)
