washingtonpost.com - MontanaMontanaAudit Urges End of IRS's Employee Tuition Plan- May 6, 2005 The Internal Revenue Service's employee tuition assistance program has spent more than 60 percent of its funds -- or $4.4 million in two years -- on administrative costs, employing the equivalent of 30 full-time workers while turning away hundreds of employees for lack of funds, an inspector general audit has found.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7681-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Wild Horses Run Risk of Slaughter- May 6, 2005 After more than 30 years of roaming federal lands free of any threat of the slaughterhouse, wild mustangs can now be sold and butchered for meat if the Bureau of Land Management cannot sell them elsewhere.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58187-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Underreporting Fuels Tax Shortfall- May 6, 2005 Americans fail to pay more than $300 billion in taxes they owe each year, with underreporting of income by small businesses and self-employed individuals the largest single component of this "tax gap," the Internal Revenue Service said yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11382-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... A Year After Legislation, Spam Still Widespread- May 6, 2005 The nation's first law aimed at curtailing junk e-mail produced mixed results after a year on the books, inspiring some Internet service providers to take legal action against spammers but failing to stop the overall proliferation of the unwanted online messages.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46037-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... T. Rex Find May Spur Biological Study- May 6, 2005 Paleontologists have recovered what appear to be soft tissues from the thighbone of a 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, potentially enabling dinosaur research to make a leap into studying the animals' physiology and perhaps even their cell biology.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63318-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Marines Still Feel Insurgents' Pulse- May 6, 2005 Officers in the battered Iraqi city of Fallujah say civilian cooperation is essential to keeping the peace.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27309-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Next U.S. Trade Representative Named- May 6, 2005 President Bush Thursday named Rep. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a free-trade advocate who is well-regarded by lawmakers in both parties, as his choice for U.S. trade representative.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45653-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Tax Panel Offers Ideas To Raise Revenue- May 6, 2005 The government could raise an additional $400 billion or so over the next decade by tightening rules on tax shelters, simplifying the law and eliminating a range of tax breaks, many of which benefit homeowners and ordinary taxpayers, according to a congressional report.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43013-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Probe of Abramoff and Nonprofits' Money Opens- May 6, 2005 Senate Finance Committee investigates allegations that the lobbyist used nonprofit organizations to pay for improper activities, including overseas trips for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41850-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Senators Vow to End Tax Break on Easements- May 6, 2005 The senators said their action came in response to a Washington Post series this week that examined the rapid growth in excessive income tax write-offs by property owners who promise not to change the facades on their historic properties.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8794-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... |