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A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right

A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted congressional inquiries and a Justice Department criminal

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

Angelina Jolie Announces She Underwent A Preventative Double Mastectomy

Angelina Jolie Announces She Underwent A Preventative Double Mastectomy
LOS ANGELES, Ca  - Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The oscar-winning actress and partner to brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she

Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill

Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill
By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bombings, senators weighing amendments to a sweeping immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost security provisions around student visas. The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed by voice vote to an

Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill

Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill
By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bombings, senators weighing amendments to a sweeping immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost security provisions around student visas. The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed by voice vote to an

Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill

Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill
By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bombings, senators weighing amendments to a sweeping immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost security provisions around student visas. The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed by voice vote to an

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings
WASHINGTON (AP) - The acting commissioner of the IRS says the agency was guilty of a "lack of sensitivity" in screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status. Steven Miller said in an opinion piece in Tuesday's USA Today that there was - in his words - "a shortcut taken in our

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated. In his first public comment on