For many soldiers and family members, the repercussions of wartime deployments are one of the toughest, least discussed byproducts of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As if the IRS doesn't already have its hands full beginning to process 2006 tax returns and implement deductions authorized by Congress late last year, now comes a new headache–policing the issuance of rebates of up to $60 in telephone excise tax to almost all tax filers.
The second Terrorism Index was released February 13 and didn't get much press outside the blogosphere. This twice-annual survey takes stock of the war on terrorism by polling "more than 100 of America's top foreign-policy hands." No surprises here: These sage minds conclude that we're losing–and that things are getting worse, not better.
The state of Nevada displayed its newfound, and unlikely, political prestige this week with the gathering of Democratic presidential hopefuls (Sen. Barack Obama was the sole exception) at a forum in Carson City. With Nevada's caucus now in pole position, just after the Iowa caucus and ahead of the New Hampshire primary, and with future presidential debates scheduled for Reno in August and Las Vegas in November, this state seems poised to be the Democratic battlefield for the '08 elections.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that China's recent anti-satellite weapons test and a rapid military buildup were "not consistent" with its stated aim of a peaceful rise as a global power.
AP - A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.
In an Act of Contrition -- Or Was It a Cry For Attention? -- a Madrid TV Personality Makes a Unique Public Apology After He Insults the People of his City
Custody of the body of former centerfold Anna Nicole Smith was awarded Thursday to the guardian for her 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. In a brief show of unity, all the parties who had fought for the body said Smith would now be buried in the Bahamas. Less than an hour later, an attorney told CNN that Smith's mom was appealing the decision.
Federal authorities have accused three cleaning company executives of pocketing more than $18.6 million in unpaid taxes collected from employing hundreds of illegal immigrants from Mexico, Central America, and Haiti, according to an indictment CNN obtained Thursday.
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