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Some IRS employees misuse travel credit cards -U.S. watchdog
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service must be tougher on employees who abuse government-paid travel cards, a watchdog said on Wednesday, the latest bad news for an agency reeling from a scandal over its scrutiny of Tea Party groups....Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Pondering the motivation for taking from the government [letter]
Editor: I am trying to figure out why people with good government jobs have to commit crimes. A previous member of the Harford County Sheriff's Department pleaded guilty to misuse of office to gain extra money. An APG employee was sentenced to six...Tags: Prisons
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1020 GMT, May 29
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- PARIS - The recession-hit euro zone will fall further behind a generally improving United States and a rebounding Japan this year, the OECD said on Wednesday, cutting its global growth forecasts. - - - - MOSCOW - Disputes...Tags: Political Fundraising, Afghanistan, Labor Legislation, European Union, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Voice of the People, Jun. 07
Fresh leadership Unlike state House Speaker Michael Madigan, state Senate President John Cullerton and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, I have read your editorials on the dire financial situation in the state of Illinois caused by the pension situation. The...Tags: Medicare, Trials, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Elections
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: Jules Witcover, Jay Carney, White House, Carney (music group), Taxation
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U.S., Afghan diplomats work toward long-term agreement
KABUL, Afghanistan — Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for just the second time since the two countries signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out a pact defining Washington'...Tags: NATO, Afghanistan, Elections, Civil Rights, National Government
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Citadel's Kenneth Griffin exposes 'cronyism,' causes a stir at Economic Club
Citadel LLC founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the financially strapped state in a speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him...
Tags: Elections, Economic Policy, Government, Republican Party, Chicago Tribune
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Farming: 'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American’s right to free speech yet guarded “community standards”...Tags: The Washington Post, Government, National Government, Insurance, Washington, DC
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Companies say Mexico security situation improving or steady: survey
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The majority of foreign and domestic companies in Mexico say security has either improved or remained unchanged from last year, and almost half expect more improvement within five years, according to a survey released on Tuesday....Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Elections, Felipe Calderon, American International Group, Industrial Production
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U.S. and Afghan officials meet for formal talks; progress declared
KABUL, Afghanistan – Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for only the second time since the two countries inked a strategic partnership agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out an agreement defining...
Tags: NATO, Afghanistan, Elections, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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