Best of friends, charismatic career politicians, smooth operators, Dimora and Russo bring the party to the party, rat-packing around town, pranksters and performers. Frank Russo sat on the sidelines of a recent Cuyahoga County Democratic executive Read More

Randy Nowak, 48, of Mulberry, wanted to avoid paying $300,000 owed to the IRS and was worried an audit would turn up $4 million he had stashed in an offshore account in Jamaica, U.S. Treasury Department Agent Robert Courtenay said in an arrest Read More

SARASOTA - At age 64, well into her retirement from the Army, Frances Rice is at the center of a contentious campaign on race and politics — and she has never been happier. Frances Rice, 64, grew up in Atlanta. She says growing up in poverty and Read More

BRISTOL, Pa. - A worker recently fired for absenteeism showed up outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia on Friday, fatally shooting a veteran employee and a temp before being arrested, authorities and the company said. The victims worked Read More

Travel the World and Get a Tax Break Kiplinger.com, DC - 3 hours ago The IRS insists that the volunteer work must have no significant element of personal pleasure or recreation. For trips to a distant location, …

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Smith Gambrell Entangled in Hedge Fund Scandal Law.com (subscription), CA - 6 hours ago "The lawyer's question is, 'Who am I supposed to alert?'" he said, adding that a lawyer cannot alert the SEC or the IRS without violating his duty to his …

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US: 165 names on Fumo witness list Philadelphia Daily News, PA - Aug 5, 2008 Fumo's defense lawyer, Dennis J. Cogan, declined to comment on the feds' witness list. He said that he would make Fumo's witness list public on Monday. …

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Regulators lay out 'lies,' 'abject failure' at Crisp & Cole hearing Bakersfield Californian (subscription), CA - 6 hours ago The state’s 25-page complaint was filed against Crisp & Cole in September, two days before FBI and IRS agents raided 13 Bakersfield locations to seize …

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BRISTOL, Pa. - A worker recently fired for absenteeism showed up outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia on Friday, fatally shooting a veteran employee and a temp before being arrested, authorities and the company said. The victims worked Read More

Widow of ex-San Francisco mayor spared $1.9 million tax bill McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC - 1 hour ago It overturns the IRS's rejection of her pleas and reverses the judge's own earlier decision that he lacked jurisdiction over the case. …

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Gaming Congress, Yanks Could Strike Out Sports Central, VA - 1 hour ago Serchuk was a former lawyer in the Office of the Chief Counsel at the IRS and in the Office of Taxation Policy at the Department of the Treasury. …

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Randy Nowak, 48, of Mulberry, wanted to avoid paying $300,000 owed to the IRS and was worried an audit would turn up $4 million he had stashed in an offshore account in Jamaica, U.S. Treasury Department Agent Robert Courtenay said in an arrest Read More

Randy Nowak was having troubles with the IRS and wanted the revenue officer who was on his tail “deleted,” authorities say. The 48-year-old Polk County construction company owner told an informant he was willing to pay $75,000 for the job because he Read More

The developers of Lynchburg’s Bluffwalk Center could not come up with the cash for this summer’s payment on a federal loan, leaving the city to cover a $250,000 installment for the second time in two years. The payment, due today, is tied to a $3 Read More

Best of friends, charismatic career politicians, smooth operators, Dimora and Russo bring the party to the party, rat-packing around town, pranksters and performers. Frank Russo sat on the sidelines of a recent Cuyahoga County Democratic executive Read More

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Cuyahoga County workers will hire private lawyers in corruption probe The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Aug 1, 2008 "The cronyism that has gone on isn't going to stop when 200 FBI and IRS agents show up at the door," said Catherine Turcer of the watchdog group Ohio … The Big One Cleveland Free Times Russo returns to work amidst Federal investigation WKYC-TV JIMMY DIMORA & FRANK RUSSO MASSIVE BLOW-JOBS FOR CONTRACTERS Cleveland Indy Media The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - WKYC-TV all 364 news articles

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Man Held in Plot to Kill IRS Agent The Ledger, FL - Aug 1, 2008 Randy Nowak, 48, of Mulberry, wanted to avoid paying $300000 owed to the IRS and was worried an audit would turn up $4 million he had stashed in an offshore …

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Karen Heller: Nonprofit spends to defend director's deeds Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 5 hours ago … sounds like another misappropriation," says Marcus S. Owens, a lawyer, authority on nonprofits, and a former head of the tax-exempt division of the IRS. …

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Contractor or employer? As the IRS DetNews.com, MI - 7 hours ago Most workers probably aren't thinking about the tax liability though, said Martin Shellist, an employment lawyer with Shellist Lazarz in Houston. …

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Companies Tap Pension Plans To Fund Executive Benefits Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago IRS rules say pension plans must not "discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees." If a company wants to give its executives larger pensions …

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Customs and Border Protection has long avoided explaining when, how and under what circumstances that agents at the nation’s borders can look through a traveler’s laptop, reading their email or searching through digital snapshots, to look for Read More

TriState Enterprises, 1270 Mineral Spring Ave., North Providence. The Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman Early one morning in June, along a quiet street in East Providence, a knot of demonstrators gathered outside the home of Lucilia Ramos and Read More

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Cuyahoga County workers will hire private lawyers in corruption probe The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Aug 1, 2008 "The cronyism that has gone on isn't going to stop when 200 FBI and IRS agents show up at the door," said Catherine Turcer of the watchdog group Ohio … The Big One Cleveland Free Times Commissioner Dimora calm in first appearance since FBI raids WKYC-TV JIMMY DIMORA & FRANK RUSSO MASSIVE BLOW-JOBS FOR CONTRACTERS Cleveland Indy Media The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - WKYC-TV all 365 news articles

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Bank robber sorry for his bad 'choices' Allentown Morning Call, PA - Aug 2, 2008 Johnson pointed out Boyle owes $20000 to the IRS and had other debts. She asked Boyle what he did with the bank money. He said he paid some bills and even …

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Retirement account can be treated as income San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 13 hours ago In any event, the interest that your daughter will be paying you is ordinary income, which must be reported to the IRS on a yearly basis. …

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Guard your home; US law trumps Texas law El Paso Times, TX - Jul 28, 2008 Unfortunately, Texas law concerning homestead exemption is not binding upon the federal government. The IRS can and will file a federal tax lien against …

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