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Taxpayers frequently contact IRS
Nov 28 2006 7:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Around 41 percent of taxpayer households contacted the Internal Revenue Service at least once over the past two years seeking help, says a survey commissioned by the IRS Oversight Board.
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U.S. troop levels in Iraq stymie panel
Nov 28 2006 7:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of an independent commission on Iraq policy could not reach a consensus Tuesday on how many or how long U.S. troops should remain in Iraq, forcing the group to return for a third day of debate, according to an official close to the panel's negotiations.
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Immigration files missing
Nov 28 2006 6:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 30,000 applications from immigrants seeking citizenship were processed by the government even though thousands of background files used to determine eligibility were missing, congressional investigators found.
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Korean War casualty gets proper burial
Nov 28 2006 6:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A soldier identified partly through dental records and a 1944 newspaper clipping found in his billfold was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, more than a half-century after he was killed in action in North Korea.
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Judge: make bills recognizable to blind
Nov 28 2006 6:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government discriminates against blind people by printing money that all looks and feels the same, a federal judge said Tuesday in a ruling that could change the face of American currency.
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Deadlines looming for holiday shipping
Nov 28 2006 4:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thanksgiving's hardly over, and the Postal Service is already advising people there's little time to get those holiday season packages in the mail, particularly to members of the military stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Oversight board briefed on NSA program
Nov 28 2006 2:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Several members of a government board appointed to guard privacy and civil liberties during the war on terror say they're impressed with the protections built into the Bush administration's electronic eavesdropping program.
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Dubai firm expects bids for U.S. ports
Nov 28 2006 10:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Dubai-owned company will accept final bids within two weeks for the sale of all $700 million worth of its U.S. port operations to an American buyer, a plan forced by concerns over terrorism security.
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