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Bloomberg: The IRS said it didn’t pay any informants for the third consecutive year under a law that enhanced financial rewards for turning in suspected tax cheats. The Internal Revenue Service also said today that it has delayed payments of awards under an older, less generous whistleblower program until those accused have more time to [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is making it a bit riskier to cheat on your taxes. The tax agency increased the number of returns it audited by nearly 11 percent this year, statistics released Wednesday show. Wealthy taxpayers and big businesses were most likely to be targeted. The IRS also stepped up audits [...]

Adrienne Durso describes how a female TSA officer pulled her out of line after she had gone through the metal detector and proceeded to pat her down, “Heavily concentrating on my breast area” in a search that “just seemed to go on and on”. Relating her story to KOB Eyewitness News 4, Ms. Durso explained [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities blocked a notorious Mexican drug cartel from gaining a foothold in the nation’s capital with a series of arrests and indictments in a massive trafficking scheme, police said Wednesday. Eight illegal immigrants were arrested over the weekend in Georgia and North Carolina, and on Tuesday a federal grand jury in the [...]

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was gunned down after he encountered several suspects who were targeting illegal immigrants for robbery in southern Arizona, officials said Wednesday. Agent Brian A. Terry, 40, was killed late Tuesday near Rio Rico, Ariz., according to a statement released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) [...]

Fox News: EXCLUSIVE: A leader of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard is promising that American generals will be targeted and killed in revenge for last week’s attacks on two of his country’s leading nuclear scientists — a threat Middle East experts say must be taken seriously. In a speech published in Farsi at an Iranian website [...]

* Unclear if Republicans have the votes to block it* WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The Senate headed for a last-minute showdown over spending as Republicans vowed on Wednesday to block a bill laden with pet projects that would fund the entire U.S. government. With prospects uncertain for the $1.1 trillion measure, lawmakers planned for [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday voted to overturn the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, setting up another showdown in the Senate. The vote was 250-175. Instituted in 1993 by President Clinton, the rule bans gays from openly serving in the armed forces. This could be the last chance for Democrats to try [...]

New York (AP) Iraqi authorities have obtained confessions from captured insurgents who claim al Qaeda is planning suicide attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas season, two senior officials said Wednesday. Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated Press that the botched bombing in central Stockholm last weekend was among the [...]

“Handing Them Over”: Photo by SAFE, from field operations Excerpted From SAFE Website: SAFE is pleased to announce the appointment of two attorneys to our Litigation Division. One is from Philadelphia, and the other is an Arizona native whose father was recently the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. More appointments will be made [...]

Tucson (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol has confirmed that one of its agents has been killed in Southern Arizona. Border Patrol spokesman Eric Cantu confirmed the agent’s death but had very few details to release Wednesday morning. The agent has been identified as Brian Terry, according to KVOA.com. At least four suspects are in [...]

NOGALES (AP)- A drug tunnel has been found ending at a metered parking space in the southeastern Arizona city of Nogales. The 13-foot-long tunnel begins directly against the border fence on the Mexican side and leads to an opening 10 inches in diameter in downtown Nogales. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Vincent Picard said [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2010. At 26, Zuckerberg has put himself on the map not only as one of the world’s youngest billionaires, but also as a prominent newcomer to the world of philanthropy. Earlier this year, he pledged [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Secret Santa II hit the streets Tuesday in a long-standing Kansas City tradition of handing out $100 bills — sometimes several at a time — to unsuspecting strangers in thrift stores, food pantries and shelters. Some people gasped in surprise. Some wanted to know if the $100 bill the tall man [...]