Uncle Sam spoils dream trip to space (News) 6 discussions Brian Emmett's childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space. Tags: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oracle Corporation Theater Tour operators Taxation Corporate Governance Chief Executive Officers Space Programs Online Investing Football Advice Oracle Corporation Microsoft Corporation University o
	Wiccan symbol OK for soldiers' graves (News) 4 discussions The Wiccan pentacle has been added to the list of emblems allowed in national cemeteries and on government-issued headstones of fallen soldiers, according to a settlement announced Monday. Tags: Virginia American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Justice Rights Taxation Civil Rights Financial Business Services Buddhism Islam Judaism Advice Selena Department Veterans Affairs Wisconsin Japan Lawsuits Religions
	Bush vetoes bill aimed at promoting stem cell research (News) 4 discussions Vetoing a stem cell bill for the second time, President Bush on Wednesday sought to placate those who disagree with him by signing an executive order urging scientists toward what he termed "ethi.. Tags: Senate National Institutes Health (NIH) White House Medical Research Military Bases Taxation Democratic Party Financial Business Services Norman Coleman Nancy Pelosi George W. Bush New York Hillary Rodham Clinton Harry Reid ,
	Minimum wage increase gets short-changed in Senate (News) 3 discussions The minimum wage increase that was supposed to zip through Congress veered off course Wednesday as lawmakers argued over business tax breaks that would be attached to ensure Republican support. Tags: Senate Taxation Corporate Law Financial and Business Services Democratic Party Labor Legislation Wyoming Charles Rangel New York Harry Reid Max Baucus Nancy Pelosi Nevada Montana Massachusetts Edward Kennedy California Go
	White House defends Pelosi over plane (News) 3 discussions The White House on Thursday defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against Republican criticism that her desire to fly in an Air Force transport plane is an extravagance. Tags: Pentagon Nancy Pelosi White House Department Defense Taxation Military Acts terror September 11 attacks Financial Business Services GOP San Francisco (California) Dennis Hastert Donald H. Rumsfeld Greta van Susteren , Boe
	Killer orders pizza for homeless as last meal (News) 3 discussions Just hours before his execution by injection, a Tennessee death row prisoner who was convicted of killing a police officer ordered his final meal -- pizza for a homeless person. Tags: Tennessee Cable News Network (CNN) Memphis (Tennesse) Taxation Capital Punishment Trials Financial Business Services Supreme Court Phil Bredesen Wendys International Incorporated Nashville (Tennesse) Ronald Oliver Libraries Mus
	WWII vet, 84, wins $254 million lottery (News) 2 discussions An 84-year-old retired electrician from Missouri has won $254 million in the Powerball lottery, lottery officials announced on Monday. Tags: Gaming and Lotteries Missouri Taxation Casinos and Gambling James Wilson Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
	Bush's $2.9 trillion request is 'sticker shock' (News) 2 discussions President Bush will send Congress a $2.9 trillion spending request Monday that seeks billions of dollars more to fight the Iraq war and tries to restrain the spiraling cost of the government's big hea.. Tags: Iraq Health Insurance Pharmaceuticals Taxation Health Treatment Government Health Care Health care policy Welfare Bioterrorism Democratic Party Financial Business Services Advice North Dakota George W. Bush Rob Portman Kent
	Census: Immigrants stabilize big-city populations (News) 2 discussions Without immigrants pouring into the nation's big metro areas, places such as New York, Los Angeles and Boston would be losing population. Tags: Atlanta (Georgia) Pennsylvania California Census Bureau New York Texas Florida United States Boston (Massachusetts) Oregon Los Angeles (California) Ohio Miami (Florida) Houston (Texas) Taxation Casinos Gambling New Jersey
	Obama would tax wealthy to pay for universal health care (News) 2 discussions Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday offered a plan to provide health care to millions of Americans and more affordable medical insurance, financed in part by tax increases on the w.. Tags: Barack Obama Corporate Management Health Insurance Taxation Health Treatment Government Health Care Health care policy Financial Business Services Hillary Rodham Clinton George W. Bush New York University Iowa John Edwards Io
	Not shaken, not stirred... and in China for first time (News) 1 discussions Chinese audiences got their first chance to see James Bond in action on the big screen on Monday -- uncut and uncensored. Tags: Review Taxation Justice and Rights Casinos and Gambling Financial and Business Services Great Britain Sean Connery Timothy Dalton Cuba Ian Fleming Secret Service Miami (Florida) Judi Dench Berlin (Germany) Box Office Movies
	Democrats' budget ups student aid, cuts foreign aid (News) 1 discussions Democrats have unveiled a massive spending bill combining the budgets of 13 Cabinet agencies with increases in aid for lower-income college students, while cutting President Bush's funding requests fo.. Tags: Senate University Military Bases Taxation Financial and Business Services Advice United States Iraq George W. Bush Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) South Carolina National Institutes of Health (NIH) Wisconsin Ohio Great Br
	Edwards: Raise taxes to provide universal health care (News) 1 discussions Presidential candidate John Edwards is embracing a position that has been political suicide in the past -- admitting he would raise taxes. Tags: John Edwards Hillary Rodham Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Health care policy Health Insurance Taxation Health Treatment Government Health Care Welfare Financial Business Services White House North Carolina Mitt Romney W
	Obama set to officially launch bid for White House (News) 1 discussions Senator Barack Obama plans to formally announce his candidacy for president Saturday. Tags: Federal Election Commission Barack Obama Illinois Parties Taxation Finance Advice Michael Toner Hillary Rodham Clinton John F. Kerry George W. Bush John Edwards Government
	Utah lawmakers OK vouchers for all public school kids (News) 1 discussions A divided Utah Legislature approved one of the nation's broadest voucher programs Friday, allotting up to $3,000 for any public school student to put toward private school tuition. Tags: Utah Ohio Taxation Financial Business Services Senate Gene Davis Arizona Wisconsin Florida Private Schools Public Schools Budgets Schools Crime, Law Justice Vouchers
	Strained VA hands out five-figure bonuses (News) 1 discussions Months after a politically embarrassing $1 billion shortfall that put veterans' health care in peril, Veterans Affairs officials involved in the foul-up got hefty bonuses ranging up to $33,000. Tags: Iraq Washington Afghanistan Employees Accounting Audits Regulatory Policy Organizations Taxation Corporate Governance Financial Business Services White House Office Daniel Akaka Senate Jim Nicholson George W. Bush Hawaii
	Town fires 4 employees for gossiping about boss (News) 1 discussions Can you be fired for gossiping about your boss? Four employees of a New Hampshire town say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace. Tags: Taxation New Hampshire Lawsuits
	Panel calls for tough new regulations on tobacco (News) 1 discussions The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should be given the power to regulate tobacco products and cigarette taxes should be hiked as part of a government campaign to reduce smoking, an expert panel rec.. Tags: Food Drug Administration (FDA) United States Altria Group Health Organizations Regulatory Policy Organizations Taxation Government Health Care Trials Tobacco Media U.S. Economy Edward Kennedy University Virginia Supreme Cou
	Judge can't fix government's $100 million boo-boo (News) 1 discussions It was a $100 million mistake, and a federal judge said Friday he does not have the power to fix it. Tags: Taxation Trials Judiciary (system justice) Walter Anderson Paul L. Friedman Justice Department Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Telecommunications Services
	Tax dodgers taunt police from hilltop compound (News) 1 discussions To avoid serving prison sentences for tax evasion, Ed Brown and his wife, Elaine, have locked themselves off from the world on their own terms. Tags: Ed Brown Lebanon Connecticut Taxation Health Treatment Organized Crime Free Masonry Media Bill Walker Idaho Federal Reserve Randy Weaver Laws
	Paying income tax in America is Voluntary (Video) 1 discussions When you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. Idiot Harry Reid maintains that paying income tax is voluntary in the U.S.. Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate... Tags: Harry Reid taxation voluntary Majority Leader U.S. Senate Senator obama clinton democrat election vote