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Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?...
Read the full story...Granddad: Boys played happily before fatal visit
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) -- The maternal grandparents of Josh Powell's two sons said Monday that the boys played happily and didn't want to visit their father when the time came for their weekly Sunday visit....
Read the full story...A push for family input to detect dementia earlier
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store....
Read the full story...Deeper Iran sanctions; US targets its central bank
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before any military action against Iran's nuclear program....
Read the full story...Earlier abuse claims to be allowed at priest trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Prosecutors overseeing a child sex-abuse case involving three Roman Catholic priests can reference molestation claims against more than 20 other clergymen to try to establish a pattern of how such allegations were handled, a judge ruled Monday....
Read the full story...Top senators question Pentagon move on fighter jet
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are suggesting that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta rushed a decision to develop the Marine Corps version of the next generation strike fighter jet....
Read the full story...Report: Large charitable donations on the rise
SEATTLE (AP) -- Money donated by the nation's most chartable people is starting to catch up with pre-recession giving, thanks in part to some very large bequests from a few donors....
Read the full story...$16 house? Dallas area man evicted after squatting
FLOWER MOUND, Texas (AP) -- After paying $16 to file a one-page claim to an empty, $340,000 home in an upscale Dallas suburb, Kenneth Robinson moved in furniture, hung a "No Trespassing" sign in the front window and invited television cameras inside for a tour....
Read the full story...Mushroom pickers lost hope, considered eating dog
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) -- Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon....
Read the full story...2 new charges for suspect in Ca. homeless killings
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A former Marine already accused of killing four homeless men was charged Monday with two new counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his high school friend's mother and older brother....
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