In 2008, a Texas judge found an out-of-town attorney in contempt of court. But, the judge added, there was a way the lawyer could avoid jail: He could donate "large sums of money" to several charitable organizations, one of which the judge happened t
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he regrets his frequent flights home to California on a military jet have cost taxpayers more than $800,000 since July. He gave no indication that he would end the weekend commutes.
Taxpayers and accountants rushing to meet tomorrow’s tax-filing deadline are struggling to adjust to a new law requiring brokers to report to the Internal Revenue Service what their clients paid for stocks.
Justice Dept. officials have known for years that flawed forensic work have led to convictions of potentially innocent people, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys in many cases they knew were troubled.
On a recent Egyptian TV program Host Hussam 'Aql pointed to the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion as proof of a Zionist plot for world domination.
• latimes.com, By James Rainey and Jessica Garrison
A deep report on the fear and violence plaguing urban schools brought the Philadelphia Inquirer the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday
George Zimmerman's defense team formally requested Monday that the Florida judge assigned to their client's case be removed after she revealed her husband works with a CNN legal analyst.
At 12:30 p.m. Monday, about 50 people waited for help at the IRS center in Fort Myers, Fla. Another dozen who couldn't find seats stood in a line that stretched out the office suite door and into a lobby.
Trailing the leaders by 200 yards when the Boston Marathon slogged through Heartbreak Hill, Wesley Korir passed them one by one until he took the lead on his way out of Kenmore Square.
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By David Nakamura
A preliminary investigation by the Defense Department has determined that more than five military personnel might have been involved in the hotel misconduct that occurred last week in Cartagena, Colombia
Democrats argued that it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly, but were unable to get enough votes to have the rule clear the Senate
Legendary contrarian investor and the original International Man Doug Casey takes aim at the US Constitution, from its sneaky beginnings to its encroachments on individual liberty and free markets.
Question - What is the Process? / Answer - Any one can nominate themselves or another to be a delegate at the Caucus. Once nominated Precinct Committe persons will vote for their candidates. The delegate candidates that get the most votes in desce
At a crucial moment in yesterday's match-up against the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers turned a triple play that had never been seen before.
Efforts to pass a bill that would allow the IRS to deny travel rights to U.S. citizens who the feds merely claim owe $50,000 or more in delinquent taxes represents a de facto move to revoke the citizenship of Americans without due process and in comp
President Barack Obama's trip to Colombia this weekend has been overshadowed by a prostitution scandal involving at least 11 Secret Service agents assigned to the White House's advance security detail.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban-led insurgents opened a spring offensive Sunday with a wave of coordinated suicide missions, firing at embassies and government offices from seized buildings in Kabul and attacking U.S. bases and police stations in three