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54 min ago | Free Republic

IRS Scandal: Oversight from Washington, All Along

From the outset, Internal Revenue Service lawyers based in Washington, D.C., provided important guidance on the handling of tea-party groups' applications for tax-exempt status, according to both IRS sources and the inspector general's report released in mid May.

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Related Topix: Tax, Washington DC

Wed May 22, 2013

The Washington Post

Feds don't look good draped in the Fifth

We all have the right to wear clothes that clash, and all in this country have the right not to provide testimony that could be used against them.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Tax, US Politics, US News

WTOP-FM Washington

D.C. schools chancellor orders shakeup of 2 schools

More than 100 teachers and staff at two District of Columbia public schools will have to reapply for their jobs.

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Common Dreams

President Obama Loves Leaks, Despises Whistleblowers

With the revelation that the Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of The Associated Press' telephone records and used security badge access records to track James Rosen's visits to the State Department, along with a warrant to search Rosen's personal emails, there has been a rush in the mainstream media to declare the DOJ's actions to ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, Prison, Liberal Political News

National Public Radio

Libya 'Talking Points' Emails Put Petraeus Back In Spotlight

Former CIA director and retired Gen. David Petraeus helped shape the first draft of "talking points" about the Sept.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Dutch Ruppersberger, Democrat

The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend's odd complaint about beau's freelance career sparks concerns

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Joplin, MO

The Daily Caller

Bret Baier: Justice Department targeted James Rosen's parents as well

On Tuesday's "Special Report" on the Fox News Channel, host Bret Baier revealed that the intrusions into James Rosen's privacy went beyond Rosen himself and also involved his parents.

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Related Topix: Conservative Political News, US News

Tue May 21, 2013

The Washington Post

Joplin house offers hope to tornado victims

By the time I visited Joplin on Labor Day 2011, after the May 22 tornado had struck the southwest Missouri community, much of the damage was still visible.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Joplin, MO, US Politics, US News

The Washington Post

tim_carman

The upstart grocer has had to add orange juice, soy milk and other non-local items to appease customers who are not yet ready to sacrifice their creature comforts in the name of the environment.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Washington, DC, Dining, US Politics, US News

South China Morning Post

A sorry truth in faulty racism survey

A world map in The Washington Post giving a visual representation of racial tolerance around the world caused quite a splash last week.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Business Journal

Workers at federal buildings and museums in D.C. to protest low pay

Hundreds of low-wage workers employed in federal buildings in the District are expected to gather outside the Ronald Reagan Building on Wednesday to picket outside several of the city's most iconic structures urging for better pay for those who clean the buildings, serve fast food to commuters and sell museum souvenirs to tourists, The Washington ... (more)

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Ars Technica

Chinese hackers who breached Google reportedly targeted classified data

The Chinese hackers who breached Google's corporate servers 41 months ago gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveillance by the US government, according to a published report.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Washington Post, Publishing

KTEN-TV Denison

Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away.

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Related Topix: Tax, Oklahoma, Robert Mueller, Washington Post, Publishing

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Israel returns fire following shooting from Syria

It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had... It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors ... (more)

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Robert Mueller, Oklahoma

Mon May 20, 2013

WKRN

Gov't presses ahead on another leak case

In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.

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Related Topix: Journalism

The Press-Enterprise

Barack Obama: President heads to Rancho Mirage in June

President Barack Obama will hold his first meeting with China's new president at a Rancho Mirage estate in June.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rancho Mirage, CA, US News, Barack Obama

Business Journal

Whole Foods plan likely to move forward in Prince George's County

After a heated approval process, the $250 million project that would give Prince George's County its first Whole Foods store appears to be moving forward, The Washington Post reported .

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Patch.com

State of Maryland to Cancel Three ICC Bus Routes?

The Intercounty Connector could lose three of its existing five commuter bus routes by Aug.

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Related Topix: Maryland, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Gaithersburg, MD, Fort Meade, MD, Columbia, MD

The Washington Post

lavanya_ramanathan

Taan to eat ramen this winter, only to find the only way to make the borscht-like vegetarian ramen vegan was to forgo the noodles and the beets.

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Macworld UK

Apple's CEO to propose new tax laws to US senate

Apple's CEO Tim Cook will be answering questions about Apple's tax practices in front of the US Senate tomorrow and he plans to pitch his own ideas aimed at "simplifying" US tax laws.

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