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IRS pays whistleblower $104 million

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 11th

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service has awarded an ex-banker $104 million for providing information about overseas tax cheats - the largest amount ever awarded by the agency, lawyers for the whistleblower announced Tuesday. Former Swiss banker Bradley Birkenfeld

Judge: US civil trials at risk without budget deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 11th

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal civil jury trials in the United States probably would grind to a halt if Congress fails to reach a budget deal and $600 billion in automatic spending cuts kick in next year, a leading federal judge said Tuesday. The federal judiciary

IRS pays whistleblower $104 million

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 11th

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - First, the government threw Bradley Birkenfeld in prison for helping a former client at UBS AG hide his wealth from the Internal Revenue Service. Now, as part of the same case, the IRS has awarded the former banker $104 million - yes, million - for

Salton Sea fingered as culprit of big Calif. stink

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 11th

By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - After a day of "odor surveillance" and other scent-based sleuthing, Southern California air quality investigators confirmed Tuesday what they had already expected - that a pungent, rotten-egg aroma that stretched across the region came

UPDATE: Phone Outage Affecting 911 Service In Spokane County & Stevens County

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on August 3rd

**UPDATE** KHQ.COM - The 9-1-1 outage in parts of northern Spokane County and in Stevens County is now over. All services have been restored. PREVIOUS COVERAGE KHQ.COM - Citizens in northern parts of Spokane County and in Stevens County may not be able to reach 9-1-1 service as a result of

Openings delayed in Texas base sex scandal trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 17th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Military officials say the initial flirtations that Staff Sgt. Luis Walker directed at the women he trained at a Texas Air Force base grew into something more sinister: threats and intimidation that eventually led to rape. Walker's court-

Court-martial begins in Texas base sex scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

Tainted Montana town reaches cleanup milestone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Grass and freshly planted trees are sprouting in a new town park that sits atop the site of a vermiculite plant that once spewed asbestos dust across the mountain community of Libby - a welcome dose of normalcy for a city that has become

Massive landslide in Alaska sweeps over glacier

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By MARY PEMBERTONAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Even by Alaska standards, the rock slide in Glacier Bay National Park was a huge event. It was a monumental geophysical event that was almost overlooked until a pilot happened to fly over where the cliff collapsed and snapped some

IN-DEPTH: 'Operation Red Light'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

SPOKANE, Wash. - For months, Operation Redlight was a secret. The year-long investigation into prostitution in Spokane came to a head on Tuesday when local and federal agencies raided eight "day spas" and "massage parlors", which police believe were front organizations for widespread prostitution