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This Week in the Civil War

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 21:01
This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 19: Union assaults on Vicksburg, Miss.

House committee to grill ousted IRS chief

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 20:40

Niger Innis, National Outreach Director, TheTeaParty.net, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, Thursday, May 16, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has refused to provide documents over the past two years to a congressional panel exploring whether the agency gave tougher scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, a leading Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee said Friday.


Fund for freed woman in Ohio reaches $480,000

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 20:29
CLEVELAND (AP) — An official says a charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in a Cleveland house has raised more than $480,000 so far.

What Congress should ask IRS, but probably won't

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 19:58
By Nanette Byrnes (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Friday will hold the first of three hearings on the Internal Revenue Service "Tea Party" targeting scandal. Tax experts hope the hearings go beyond finger-pointing and get to the heart of the IRS's long-standing problems. If they can get past the fist-pounding stage, here are some questions lawmakers should ask: * Why do IRS reviews take so long? According to the IRS website, the tax exempt organizations sections is assigning agents to review applications filed more than a year ago. ...

IRS says head of tax-exempt division to retire

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 19:58
(Reuters) - The head of the Internal Revenue Service's tax exempt/government entities division plans to retire, the IRS said on Thursday, marking the second personnel change at the agency after a scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups by IRS agents. "Joseph Grant, commissioner of tax exempt/government entities division, has announced his plans to retire on June 3rd," the agency said in a statement. (Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh and Patrick Temple-West)

Finding permanent IRS chief now difficult job for Obama

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 19:58
By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finding a permanent Internal Revenue Service commissioner who is ready to endure a grueling Senate confirmation hearing could be a challenging task for President Barack Obama in the wake of the controversy engulfing the agency over its targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Under law, Danny Werfel, the acting commissioner appointed Thursday by President Barack Obama, can only serve until early June. On Wednesday, reacting to the scandal, Obama replaced Steven Miller, who was also an acting commissioner. ...

NYC parents of slain children expecting baby boy

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 19:58
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City couple whose two children police say were fatally stabbed by their nanny are expecting a baby boy.

Idaho man heads to court after terrorism arrest

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 17:59

U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow, of Utah, walks off following an interview at his office Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Salt Lake City. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested Fazliddin Kurbanov, a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.


Mom in NM chases down child abductor; man arrested

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 17:35

This undated photo provided by the Albuquerque police department shows David Hernandez, 31, who was arrested Thursday, May 16, 2013 on kidnapping charges. Police say a mother whose 4-year-old daughter was being abducted from an Albuquerque, N.M. apartment complex chased Hernandez on Wednesday and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt. The 4-year-old was found later, uninjured, police said. (AP Photo/Courtesy Albuquerque Police Department)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque police said Thursday.


Doctor who promised cancer cure faces sentencing

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 17:07
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the age of three, Brianica Kirsch was diagnosed with brain cancer.

Doctor who promised cancer cure faces sentencing

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:35
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who said she could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases through an herbal supplement is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom after being convicted of defrauding dozen of patients across the nation out of $1 million.

Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:33

 Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. It marked a bold step, but an examination of the law by The Associated Press found that it has done little to crack down on problematic employers. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.


Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:32

 Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. It marked a bold step, but an examination of the law by The Associated Press found that it has done little to crack down on problematic employers. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.


What Congress should ask IRS, but probably won't

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:29
By Nanette Byrnes (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Friday will hold the first of three hearings on the Internal Revenue Service "Tea Party" targeting scandal. Tax experts hope the hearings go beyond finger-pointing and get to the heart of the IRS's long-standing problems. If they can get past the fist-pounding stage, here are some questions lawmakers should ask: * Why do IRS reviews take so long? According to the IRS website, the tax exempt organizations sections is assigning agents to review applications filed more than a year ago. ...

IRS says head of tax-exempt division to retire

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:29
(Reuters) - The head of the Internal Revenue Service's tax exempt/government entities division plans to retire, the IRS said on Thursday, marking the second personnel change at the agency after a scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups by IRS agents. "Joseph Grant, commissioner of tax exempt/government entities division, has announced his plans to retire on June 3rd," the agency said in a statement. (Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh and Patrick Temple-West)

Arias victim's family makes dramatic statement

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:18

Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, looks back towards Jodi Arias as he reads his "victim impact statement" to the jury on Thursday, May 16, 2013 during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)PHOENIX (AP) — Steven Alexander stood before the jury, looked up at a family picture and grimaced and cried as he ticked off the list of problems that have befallen him in the five years since his brother was murdered: ulcers, depression, a separation from his wife, nightmares.


NYC artist's secret photos raise privacy issues

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:04

A visitor views the photography of Arne Svenson on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Julie Saul Gallery in New York. Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are upset over the exhibition by Svenson who secretly made their pictures from his window across the street. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.


Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:55

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2009, file photo, bottles of Heinz organic tomato ketchup are on display inside Costco in Mountain View, Calif. The organic industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn’t going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on a sweeping farm bill that has for decades propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)WASHINGTON (AP) — The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn't going over well with everyone in Congress.


Ex-OJ lawyer to testify in bid for new Vegas trial

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:49

O.J. Simpson sits during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus, to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid, Pool)LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson's former lawyer has some explaining to do.


California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot

Yahoo! National News - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:37

People line up to buy lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif. Thursday, May 16, 2013. The multi-state lottery's website said the Powerball drawing jackpot has soared to at least $550 million for next drawing to be held Saturday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $550 million for Saturday's drawing.