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Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'

Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'
By STEVE PEOPLES and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely

Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'

Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'
By STEVE PEOPLES and STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely

Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party

Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax

Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party

Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax

Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes

Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes
By RACHEL D'OROAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts - moves that could mean delays in

Airbus sales drive Q1 profits at parent company

Airbus sales drive Q1 profits at parent company
PARIS (AP) - European aerospace company EADS said strong deliveries by airplane maker Airbus helped drive higher earnings in the first quarter and laid out the hope that the new A350 long-range aircraft should make its first flight this summer. The Airbus parent company also reaffirmed Tuesday its

Judge delays decision on Holmes insanity plea

Judge delays decision on Holmes insanity plea
By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect told a judge Monday he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, but the judge won't immediately rule on whether to allow it. Attorney Daniel King made the request in

SLIDESHOW: Semi-Truck Catches Fire On I-90

SLIDESHOW: Semi-Truck Catches Fire On I-90
SPOKANE, Wash. - A semi-truck carrying hundreds of gallons of diesel caught fire on I-90 in the heart of downtown Spokane Saturday morning.  Washington State Patrol Troopers say it happened just after 6:00am in the eastbound lanes of I-90 in between the Maple and Division Street exits. 

SLIDESHOW: Semi-Truck Catches Fire On I-90

SLIDESHOW: Semi-Truck Catches Fire On I-90
SPOKANE, Wash. - A semi-truck carrying hundreds of gallons of diesel caught fire on I-90 in the heart of downtown Spokane Saturday morning.  Washington State Patrol Troopers say it happened just after 6:00am in the eastbound lanes of I-90 in between the Maple and Division Street exits. 

Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open

Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of governmentwide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress. The towers, which are operated by contractors